“If the United States sinks into political paralysis, its epitaph could well be, “government of the people, by the people, for the… — John Micklethwait Government Copy Share Image
“George Bernard Shaw once quipped that politicians can always rely on Paul’s vote if they give him money that they steal from… — John Micklethwait Bernard shaw Copy Share Image
“We live and do business in the Information Age,” Barack Obama once complained, “but the last major reorganization of the government happened… — John Micklethwait Business Copy Share Image
“The British general election of 2010 returned only three MPs to the Commons who described their professions as “science or research” (compared… — John Micklethwait Barristers Copy Share Image
“If the eurozone collapses, its epitaph should be the words of Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, in 2007: “We… — John Micklethwait Prime minister Copy Share Image
“The desire to control everything is giving way to pluralism, uniformity to diversity, centralization to localism, opacity to transparency, and immobilisme, or… — John Micklethwait Centralization Copy Share Image
“Not many people in Washington are thinking beyond the 2016 presidential election. It is sometimes argued that an American administration operates strategically… — John Micklethwait Election Copy Share Image
“there is some evidence that governments are getting even more sluggish. It took America four years to build the Golden Gate Bridge,… — John Micklethwait Cape cod Copy Share Image
“This is only the beginning of a huge “Copernican revolution” (to borrow a phrase from Matthew Taylor, one of Tony Blair’s advisers)… — John Micklethwait Digital age Copy Share Image
“Transparency was a guardian of frugality, just as confusion had been a handmaiden of extravagance.” — John Micklethwait Copy Share Image
“Berlusconi is us,” as Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago puts it.” — John Micklethwait Chicago Copy Share Image
“the “compendium of learning” set in motion by the Ming Emperor Yongle (1360–1424), which drew on the talents of more than two… — John Micklethwait Encyclopedia Copy Share Image
“The Peterson Foundation calculates that, since 2010, fiscal uncertainty—i.e., gridlock—might have slowed America’s GDP growth by one percentage point and stopped the… — John Micklethwait America Gdp Copy Share Image
“So in both the West and the emerging world the state is in trouble. The mystery is why so many people assume… — John Micklethwait Coming to an end Copy Share Image
“There are thirty-two closed-circuit television cameras near the flat where George Orwell wrote 1984. The night watchman standing guard at the gate… — John Micklethwait Copy Share Image
“Vagueness about numbers is a curse of the public sector. In the worst cases it borders on the criminal. Challenged to find… — John Micklethwait Buenos aires Copy Share Image
