According to the latest Latinobarometro poll, less than half of Latin Americans consider democracy to be the preferable form of government. This shift in thinking is especially dangerous as populist leaders like El Salvador President Nayib Bukele are gaining popularity.
Bloomberg Opinion’s Eduardo Porter examined the new face of authoritarianism and why it is having a resurgence.
An underground system of “living machines” is going to help save the planet. Scientific journal Cell Press published a groundbreaking study revealing that a group of fungi known as mycorrhizae draw down and store more than 13 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Amanda Little asks the question: Can mushrooms solve the climate crisis?
The federal deficit is one of those problems that is too big – too abstract – to talk about in a reasonable way. It isn't like other political issues in America; you can view this purely as a math problem.
Bloomberg Opinion's Nir Kaissar offers five tips to understand better how much money the government can and should be borrowing.
Taiwan is fast approaching its next presidential election, in January 2024. Once that vote is over, Beijing may try to discipline Taiwan’s new government by demonstrating how formidable Chinese power — military and otherwise — is. And as the chances of another crisis in the strait increase, so will the world’s attention to the prospect of conflict there.
Bloomberg Opinion’s Hal Brands argues its time the US and its allies start taking the China-Taiwan conflict more seriously.
Elite universities like #Harvard and #MIT make as much money as #Nike, #Netflix or #BlackRock – and they pocket almost all of it.
People are rightfully outraged when hugely profitable companies and billionaires pay few or no taxes. Bloomberg Opinion’s Nir Kaissar asks the question: Why should higher education endowments be any different?