The long and winding road to recovery
Christopher Caldwell’s article contains an interesting aside about George Osborne and his German opposite number: “An aide who was present… Read more »
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Are the old robbing the young?
Older people are richer than younger people. This is not big news – the former have had longer than the… Read more »
The closing of the American mind
Allan Bloom was not a natural conservative: “In electoral politics he was a moderately liberal Democrat, and more liberal still… Read more »
Adam Posen: Why is America growing faster than Britain?
Since the great recession, America’s economic recovery has been significantly stronger than our own. The British left hypocritically overlooks the… Read more »
David Cameron’s ‘Nudge Unit’
Of course, the Government can hardly lecture the banks on efficiency, if it does nothing to improve its own. When… Read more »
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Babylon and the bankers
The ancient Babylonians knew a thing or two about nudging. Or, at any rate, Hammurabi’s code – the first legal… Read more »
Conservatives and the future of capitalism
This week, British politics has mostly been about pasties. Fortunately, we have the likes of Charles Moore to divert us… Read more »
The Big Society in 2012
David Cameron may not been seen as a visionary, but he does nevertheless have a vision. Or rather, if agree… Read more »
The Big Society in 1939
Between 1939 and 1944, over two million children were evacuated from British towns and cities. But “rather than being placed… Read more »
National greatness
“It is easy to feel that we are an exhausted country that gave its best and last in the Second World… Read more »
Higher education
Rory Stewart (see previous post) draws a provocative contrast between the “inert and disappointing” politics of the present day and the “vibrantly, destructively… Read more »
The Greeks can’t even sell olive oil without their own government getting in the way
A few weeks ago, the Deep End featured an everyday tale of Greek economic madness – the bookstore/café that could… Read more »
“Before we start raising taxes on the rich, we could try not subsidising them first”
What if Greece defaults on its soverign debt? A while back, the story was this: default would trigger a ‘credit event’,… Read more »
Financial transparency
For all the caveats, the risk of financial meltdown can’t be ignored. Indeed, we need ask ourselves why events like… Read more »
“The NHS did not save my life”
Deborah Orr is a Guardian columnist who doesn’t like the NHS bill and is rude about Conservatives. Somewhat unremarkable, you might… Read more »
