Harold James
Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. A specialist on German economic history and on globalization, he is a co-author of The Euro and The Battle of Ideas, and the author of The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle, Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm, Making the European Monetary Union, The War of Words, and, most recently, Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization (Yale University Press, 2023).
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Is America the Next Soviet Union?
Is America the Next Soviet Union?
Nov 28, 2024 Harold James sees parallels between the United States’ political dysfunction and that of its twentieth-century adversary.
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Fascism in Our Time
Fascism in Our Time
Oct 28, 2024 Harold James emphasizes the similarity of US business leaders’ behavior to that of their counterparts in 1930s Germany.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are an Opportunity for Harris
Trump’s Tariffs Are an Opportunity for Harris
Oct 7, 2024 Harold James urges the Democratic presidential candidate to reject the new consensus against free trade.
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The Future of Conservatism
The Future of Conservatism
Sep 9, 2024 Elizabeth Corey, et al. consider whether the populist “new right” in America, Europe, and elsewhere is here to stay.
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Who Will Create a New European Culture of Debate?
Who Will Create a New European Culture of Debate?
Aug 27, 2024 Harold James thinks the Franco-German twosome, historically Europe’s engine of integration, has become a spent force.
