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Europe now builds at roughly half the rate it managed at its 20th-century peak. In the decades after the war, Europe rebuilt shattered cities, rolled out motorways, electrified regions, and housed a booming population, often within timelines that would seem impossible in the modern era. Today Europe has largely forgotten how to build. This week brought evidence that Ireland, at least, is starting to remember, along with a sobering reminder of how far there is still to go.

As I write this, it is not quite a week since the incumbent (and outgoing) president of the United States, Donald J Trump, attempted a coup, seeking to prevent the formal announcement of the election results, to overturn the results of that election, and somehow to cling to power.