Latest articles by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
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5 lessons from Austria's near miss with the far right
The Explainer The country's recent presidential election perfectly illuminated some of the biggest trends sweeping the West
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Is inequality inevitable?
opinion A new study suggests it's impossible to eradicate — even over hundreds of years
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How authoritarian socialism caused Venezuela's collapse
opinion Venezuela is miserable. Blame socialism.
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Robert Dear and the unheralded vindication of the pro-life movement
opinion Remember when the pro-choice left blamed the Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting on pro-life rhetoric? It was patently unfair.
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How Europe succumbed to political insurgents
The Explainer Austria becomes the latest European country to fall to extremists from the left and the right
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Brazil's president isn't so bad. But her impeachment could be great for the country.
opinion Finally, Brazil is starting to hold its dirty politicians accountable
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How to kill patent trolls once and for all
feature And give new life to innovation in the process
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The despicable scare tactics of 'Brexit' opponents
opinion Britain's elite are trying to spook voters into remaining in the European Union
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France's strange, wonderful love affair with philosophy
opinion France loves its philosophers — and America should too
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Big Science is broken
opinion And fixing it won't be easy
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Want to be a better negotiator? Read this book.
feature Using four powerful principles, Getting to Yes will teach you how to broker an argument without things getting ugly
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The Army's Squad X project is a useless boondoggle. Here's how to fix it.
opinion Get the Pentagon brass out of it
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Why Japan should just pay people to have children
opinion The country has a serious demographic problem — and the best solution might be the simplest
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Pope Francis just unveiled a veritable self-help book for Catholics. That's a good thing.
opinion Who says the pope can't offer sound and practical life advice?
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Tesla, the iPhone, and the power of 'obsoletive' innovations
The Explainer How Tesla can live up to its enormous hype
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A capitalist critique of consumerism
opinion If humanity collectively decided to stop buying pointless junk, the economy wouldn't grind to a halt. Far from it.
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France's president has finally imploded
opinion So goes the most unpopular president in the history of France's Fifth Republic
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Why Europe should build a 'Hong Kong' in Syria
opinion Crazy — or just crazy enough to work?
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Why so many scientists are so ignorant
opinion Science has a fundamentalism problem
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What a liberal arts education should mean in the 21st century
feature Let's get back to the basics
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Twitter's new Trust and Safety Council is an Orwellian nightmare
opinion As Biz Stone explained in 2011
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Oil didn't wreck Venezuela's economy. Socialism did.
opinion Venezuela's economic woes predate the current oil price drop by many years — and were prevalent even while the oil price was high
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Why Tim Cook really won't unlock that iPhone
opinion U.S. law might allow for the universal phone hack, but Apple culture certainly doesn't
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Don't let anyone tell you 1980s music sucked
opinion Sure, everyone looked a little silly, but the 1980s gave us some of the best pop music we have
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