05
Jun
Introducing ‘Out of Control’
There are all kinds of ways life might conspire to make other people’s experiences difficult for you to imagine.
1 min read
John Jamesen Gould
John Jamesen Gould is the CEO of Marlborough House and the editorial director of The Signal. He’s the former digital editor for The Atlantic, editor of The New Republic, and editor at large with The Washington Monthly.
02
Jun
Connections
What does financial repression in autocracies have to do with financial freedom in democracies? Justin Callais on human flourishing in the modern world.
12 min read
28
May
Under Paris skies, cont.
Victor Granic writes in re. Pavel Durov’s detention in France: “… the question is why Durov and not Musk or
1 min read
26
May
Under Paris skies
A French court has denied a request by Pavel Durov, the co-founder of the encrypted-messaging app Telegram, to travel to
1 min read
16
Mar
Enigmas
What exactly is the problem here? Justin Callais on the ambiguities of corruption.
12 min read
16
Mar
Introducing Altered States
Corruption is everywhere. Or so you might think—because narratives of corruption are everywhere.
2 min read
07
Feb
Coming soon
Coming soon. Next Friday, The Signal will debut the member’s despatch, a weekly digest on current affairs. The despatch
1 min read
01
May
Note: The Oslo connection
The Oslo connection. Despite all the partisan malice that might seem to be consuming the democratic world, there’s a
2 min read
10
Apr
Note: ‘A whole new era’
‘A whole new era.’ After a video was posted in early April of female students in Iran dancing and riding
1 min read
05
Sep
Changing of the guard
What does it mean that tens of trillions of dollars are now moving from the Baby Boomers to the Millennials and Generation Z? Martin Raymond on the causes and effects of the twenty-first century’s great wealth transfer.
13 min read