You’ll notice an inscription at the top of this week’s Georgios Varouxakis interview: This feature is open-access, courtesy of the Marlborough House Foundation.

The foundation is new. It’s an independent partner to Marlborough House, which publishes The Signal—formed to reckon culturally with the forces stressing democracy in America, where it’s based, and around the world.

This interview with Georgios is the first in a groundwork series exploring the theme, which we’ll be publishing with the foundation throughout the remainder of the year.

Do stand by.

—JJG