Too busy on the internet to spend any money
If someone told you that "humanity is experiencing an evolution in consciousness" you’d obviously tell them to pipe down and… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
The true cost of single parenthood
The New York Times is a liberal newspaper, but that didn’t stop them from publishing a mammoth feature on the… Read more »
Hugging the hoodies, hating the state
One glance at the cover of her new book is enough to tell you that Harriet Sargeant is a female… Read more »
Communism – bad from the beginning
The BNP is usually described in the mainstream media as a party of ‘the extreme right’, ‘the far-right or even… Read more »
Too sane to be President
Some politicians are too young to get the top job in a democracy, while others are too old. Alternatively, they… Read more »
Why the Mechanical Turk cannot replace our organic institutions
In the late 18th century a strange machine, called the Mechanical Turk, toured the courts of Europe. It took the… Read more »
Government to people: We’ve got a truth ray and we’re going to use it – on you
Here’s a prediction for the year 2032: The US Department of Homeland Security has obtained a "new laser-based molecular scanner"… Read more »
Opportunity begins at home
Conservatives don’t believe in equality of outcome, because that, obviously, would be communism. But what about equality of opportunity –… Read more »
From Blue Labour to Red China: Another argument against Ed Balls
Yesterday, the Deep End featured an argument against Keynesian stimulus from Maurice Glasman – the ‘Blue Labour’ guru. Today, we… Read more »
Labour’s ‘Viagra economics’ is doomed to flop
In many ways Maurice Glasman – now Lord Glasman – is an old-fashioned socialist. In other ways, however, this sometime… Read more »
Wonderful news! We’re not going to run out of oil after all! (Or are we?)
We are saved! "Leonardo Maugeri, a fellow in the Geopolitics of Energy Project at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for… Read more »
‘Casino capitalism’ – a disgraceful slur (on casinos)
Those who compare the financial sector to the gambling industry show little understanding of either. Whereas casinos, bookies and the… Read more »
Elinor Ostrom – everything an economist should be
When Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2009, not everyone was happy; according to her obituary in… Read more »
Adam Smith: One nation conservative
Benjamin Disraeli is the great hero of ‘one nation’ conservatism; Adam Smith, however, tends be associated with other schools of… Read more »
On getting married to yourself
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. In this age of individualism, a few individuals are pushing the… Read more »
