Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

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<p>In the Middle Ages, madmen, or fools, were made to wear costumes: a bell-trimmed hood and donkey ears. Such simple-minded people, jesters and moralisers, entertained the royal court. Eventually these figures were cast out to the margins of society, until the taboo surrounding mental illness began slowly to crumble. ‘One can judge how civilised a country is by looking at the way in which the mentally ill are treated,' the Annales médico-psychologiques journal stated as early as 1848. If the (…)</p> - <a href="https://mondediplo.com/2025/12" rel="directory">2025/12</a> / <a href="https://mondediplo.com/tag/dossier" rel="tag">Dossier</a>

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<p>After free market ideology became dominant in the 1980s, arguments for economic planning were largely sidelined. Recently, though, there has been an accelerated adoption of industrial policy around the world, with states targeting specific firms, regions and sectors to spur growth. Economic planning has re-entered mainstream discourse and policy – it is present in talk of green transitions, national security and supply chain resilience. Some academics have been advocating the return of (…)</p> - <a href="https://mondediplo.com/outsidein/" rel="directory">Outside in</a> / <a href="https://mondediplo.com/tag/comment" rel="tag">Comment</a>

<p>A majority of Americans disapprove of the IDF's actions in Gaza and, for the first time, more support the Palestinians than Israel. Neither party has yet figured out how to respond.</p> - <a href="https://mondediplo.com/2025/12" rel="directory">2025/12</a> / <a href="https://mondediplo.com/tag/article" rel="tag">article</a>