The Economist: 'Dutertes resurgent'

FIRST published 182 years ago, the London-based The Economist has built up a track record as the voice of the West's ruling class, now mostly with the neoliberal, globalist and centrist ideological stance. It is the political and economic bible for most of our own elite, since, busy as they are, the magazine's weekly format gives them a succinct view of what's going on in the world, of course, through the lens of that neoliberal (read: anti-populist, anti-Marxist ideology). In that context, I found The Economist article published on Aug. 14 revealing, and even a kind of writing on the…