The terrible truth about the British people
Some people just can’t help themselves. Faced with a hornets’ nest, their immediate response is to aim a well-placed kick… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
How not to get ripped off on public infrastructure
When it comes to the great financial scandals of our time, how much of the moral high ground does the… Read more »
What Cameron and co could learn from Tesco
Supermarkets come in for a lot of stick – some of it deserved. But the critics lack credibility if they… Read more »
Secularism versus democracy
Can you guess which publication the following came from? "It compromises democracy, it promotes and rewards hypocrisy and doublethink, it… Read more »
A proven formula for growth: Beat the Germans and slash government spending
David Henderson, of the Hoover Institution has a history lesson for us. It concerns the Second World War and its… Read more »
Spoiled, immature, out-of-control – and that’s just the parents
One of the key arguments against the unreformed welfare state is that it creates a culture of dependency – turning… Read more »
The politics of poverty and the poverty of politics
John Kay was one of the original New Labour gurus. It’s therefore significant to see him incline, however cautiously, towards… Read more »
OPEC (Oil Prices Explain Crisis)
On the Deep End we don’t exactly overlook the contribution of the Eurozone to the great economic crisis of our… Read more »
The people, the sheeple and the money markets
Have you heard of the ‘sheeple’? It’s a made-up word used to express the thought that people are sheep, easily… Read more »
Germany would if it could, but it can’t so it won’t
Does Germany have a duty to bail-out the Eurozone? Some people say yes, some people say no (or rather nein… Read more »
And now for some more good news from Europe (in Polish)
Earlier this month, the Deep End featured a report on Poland’s economic renaissance, but that’s not the only good news… Read more »
The DIY guide to eugenics
Back in February, Jonathan Freedland wrote a brilliantly honest article entitled Eugenics: The skeleton that rattles loudest in the left’s… Read more »
George W Bush, humanitarian hero
Here’s a story that will annoy rightwingers and leftwingers alike. It’s a report by Jim Landers of the Dallas Morning… Read more »
The real problem with the banking system
There are three basic responses to the banking crisis. The first is ‘regulate more!’ – encompassing a range of positions… Read more »
How China’s one child policy wrecked the world economy
The Deep End has already featured the jaw-dropping dodginess of the Chinese economic model several times, for instance here and… Read more »
