“It is not just that people are staying physically put. They are also likelier to stay trapped in the same income group.… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“The West’s global cities are like tropical islands surrounded by oceans of resentment.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Europe and America’s populist right wants to turn the clock back to the days when men were men and the West ruled.… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Summers complained of ‘the development of stateless elites whose allegiance is to global economic success and their own prosperity rather than the… — Edward Luce Success Copy Share Image
“In 2000, exactly a third of Americans described themselves as lower class, according to Gallup. By 2015 that number had risen to almost half.35” — Edward Luce Lower class Copy Share Image
“From barely a statistical rounding error in 1978, with less than 1 per cent of global trade, China rose to become in… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Today, Chicago, like London, sucks in the best talent from its interior in the Midwest, where the swing to Trump was strongest.… — Edward Luce Global economy Copy Share Image
“Brecht once said: ‘All power comes from the people. But where does it go?” — Edward Luce Power Copy Share Image
“People tend to form political beliefs in their early years and then stick with them for life. If today’s rich young are… — Edward Luce Democracy Copy Share Image
“the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the welfare of its citizens, not to pursue some abstract concept of the global… — Edward Luce Politics Copy Share Image
“In 2011, Boris Johnson, then London’s mayor, saw the downside when the capital’s fringes went on the rampage for several days, smashing… — Edward Luce Five years Copy Share Image
“For all the emphasis we place on our multicultural cities, they epitomise our oligarchic reality.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“He advised a new ‘responsible nationalism’, which would ‘begin from the idea that the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the… — Edward Luce Patriotism Copy Share Image
“History does not end. It is a timeless repetition of human folly and correction. It follows that there is no single model… — Edward Luce History Copy Share Image
“Democracy’s brand was also damaged by America’s reaction to the Al Qaeda attacks in 2001. George W. Bush’s response to 9/11 dealt… — Edward Luce Around the world Copy Share Image
“the murder rate has fallen by 16.7 per cent in the US cities since the turn of the century, while rising by… — Edward Luce Mirror image Copy Share Image
“The West’s median income, meanwhile, has barely shifted in the last half-century.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“areas that were once the preserve of national sovereignty are now ring-fenced by international law and global regulation. The instinct in Davos… — Edward Luce Free trade Copy Share Image
