The Eternal Return of ‘Reform’: How the World Keeps Promising Change While Staying Exactly the Same
**The Eternal Return of ‘Reform’: A Global Ritual of Hope and Disappointment** GENEVA—Here we go again. From the marble halls of Brussels to the smoke-filled backrooms of Beijing, humanity’s favorite political pastime has returned like a seasonal affliction: reform season. That magical time when politicians discover—shockingly—that their systems need fixing, just in time for the…