Julius Krein

REVIEW ESSAY Elites and Democracy by Hugo Drochon Portfolio, 2025, 336 pages It is almost unimaginable that anyone observing contemporary Western societies could consider them well served by their elites. Even in the absence of agreement about who those e... See more

REVIEW ESSAY The Land Trap: A New History of the World’s Oldest Asset by Mike Bird Princeton University Press, 2026, 296 pages Land’s unique features have continually proved irresistible to financiers both public and private. The credit that land creates ... See more

A parade of luminaries spoke in front of two yellow Beaver diggers. From one digger’s boom draped a huge, pristine American flag. Occasionally, as a state official, politician, or corporate executive spoke, another construction vehicle trundled along far ... See more

The United States faces a growing strategic challenge: China has emerged as the world’s dominant energy financier, outpacing the United States nearly ten to one in global markets. 1 China’s growing influence not only directly challenges U.S. strategic int... See more

In the mid-1990s, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin developed lithium iron phosphate, the cathode chemistry that would come to dominate the global electric vehicle battery market. 1 The technology was American. A few years later, A123 Syste... See more