United States – Page 2

12 November 2016

Europeans’ puzzlement about Trump

The election of Donald Trump was as shocking and disheartening to most Europeans as it was to polite circles in the United States. In some ways […]

11 May 2016

Janteloven: the great leveler

Earlier I alluded to a fairly well-known but somewhat counterintuitive explanation of Denmark’s top happiness ranking: low expectations. Danes aren’t the most cheerful and effusive nationality. […]

15 April 2016

Bicycles

Let’s forget about the monolithic welfare state for a moment and consider something simpler and more tangible that could also play a role the general level […]

5 April 2016

College for free

Abolishing college tuition fees is one of Bernie Sanders’s main proposals, and it’s no surprise that he’s popular among millennials, with student loan debt accelerating to […]