The truth about foreign aid
Warning! If you believe that foreign aid is all about ‘taking money from poor people in rich countries to give… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
Can we be grown-up about grammar schools?
A defence of grammar schools from, say, Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail would surprise no one, but when it… Read more »
Cutting too far, too fast – or not at all?
The left accuses the Coalition of cutting ‘too far, too fast’. However, the Government's critics on the right say that there haven't… Read more »
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry: Big Society Republican
When British Conservatives look across the Atlantic for inspiration, which country do they have in mind? These days, it’s more… Read more »
Chinese economic growth: counterfeit goods
Greece is the word. Or is it? If it weren’t for the house of cards that is the Eurozone, the… Read more »
The scandal of special needs education
As a father to a severely autistic son, Christopher Stevens knows what a learning disability actually involves. He is, therefore,… Read more »
The trouble with Keynesianism
Robert Reich served with distinction in the Ford, Carter and Clinton administrations. Writing for the Huffington Post, he sets out… Read more »
The trouble with liberalism
Politics is full of slippery words, but none is harder to pin down than ‘liberal’. In America, to be a… Read more »
Britain: Still two nations in 2012
If you didn’t catch Neil O’Brien’s thought-provoking report for the Daily Telegraph last week, here’s another chance. He begins by comparing the cognitive… Read more »
The next financial crisis is already in the making
The Credit Crunch is old hat. The Eurozone debacle is still current, but dragging on a bit. So, how about… Read more »
Eurozone versus Anglozone
A rather brilliant chart has been doing the rounds this week. It was produced for the World Economic Forum, but… Read more »
1950s America: When culture was popular
From economic history to cultural history – a fascinating article from Fred Siegel in Commentary: It is one of the foundational… Read more »
The worrying truth about the Chinese economy – Part II
Now on to the main argument in John Lee’s brilliant analysis, which concerns the second phase of China’s economic reforms:… Read more »
The worrying truth about China’s economy – Part I
The purpose of the Deep End is to feature the very best of in-depth journalism. John Lee’s magnificent essay in… Read more »
The moral, intellectual and literal bankrupcy of vulgar Keynesianism
In an interview with the Browser, Niall Ferguson describes the borrow-and-spend policies of the left as “vulgar Keynesianism” – because… Read more »
