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Articles are written separately, but the answer to many of our problems can be found by joining three of them in the 17 November issue: Janice Kay laments the rise of Trump (/Brexiteers), and how universities might have stopped it (¡°Universities can learn from Trump about how to inspire¡±, Opinion). A big part of the answer is teaching economics properly so that Wall Street and the City would not have been allowed to impoverish so many by stealing their money (¡°Economics teaching ¡®far too narrow¡¯, claims new book¡±, News). And the fact that they were allowed to do so is mirrored most strongly by the fact that political leaders in ¡°Crony Capitalism¡± (and not only in China) tend to benefit from that, whether at the same time or after leaving office (¡°China¡¯s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay, by Minxin Pei¡±, Books). The fixes are obvious.

Douglas B. Kell
University of Manchester

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