Gustav Jönsson

Gustav Jönsson is an associate editor with The Signal.
16
Dec

Note: Bandits

Why is Europe falling so far behind the U.S.? Martin Wolf on their split histories of investment, innovation, and confidence.
2 min read
12
Dec

Note: Reputational hazards

Reputational hazards. Back in 2019, when I lived in Hong Kong, the police began ordering financial institutions to freeze the
1 min read
12
Dec
Dear customer

Dear customer

Have banks really started closing people’s accounts because of their political views? Victoria Barnes on the dynamics of debanking.
8 min read
09
Dec

Note: ‘Assad or We Burn the Country’

5 W Main: Assad or We Burn the Country. Damascus has fallen. Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria. Within the space
2 min read
05
Dec

Note: ‘We’re going to be in a new world’

‘We’re going to be in a new world.’ The combined military budget of the United States is now nearly
1 min read
05
Dec
Mutually assured

Mutually assured

Why is the United States building up so much military capability? Adam Tooze on how America’s great-power rivalries with China and Russia are transforming U.S. priorities.
11 min read
02
Dec

Note: ‘The Presidential Pardon Power’

5 W Main: The Presidential Pardon Power. On Sunday, December 1, U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter
1 min read
27
Nov

Note: ‘The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance in the U.S.’

5 W Main: The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance in the U.S. In 15 weeks of the American presidential race,
1 min read
26
Nov

Note: ‘These groups are mystical creations’

‘These groups are mystical creations.’ Donald Trump won the recent U.S. presidential election with a greater share of non-white
1 min read
26
Nov
Racecraft

Racecraft

What does it mean that more non-white Americans voted for Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election than in the previous two? Adolph Reed on the limits of identity politics.
9 min read