Heresy of the week: Conservatism is not about keeping everything the same
“A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop!” These words – from that great conservative intellectual William Buckley… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
How about this: A thriving company that cuts costs for consumers without squeezing its workers
Yesterday, the Deep End had a rather pessimistic take of the state of modern capitalism. Today, by way of balance,… Read more »
Post-war America: When capitalism was nice
The politics of corporate America can be politely described as bracing. Certainly, there’s a clear aversion to activist government –… Read more »
The libertarians finally get their fantasy island
Writing for Salon, Michael Lind has a tricky question – tricky, that is, if you’re a libertarian: “Why are there… Read more »
The world’s most inconsistent political position: anti-austerity and pro-EU
Austerity or stimulus? With the IMF leaning towards the latter, the neo-Keynesian pro-stimulus crowd think they have the upper-hand. As… Read more »
Heresy of the week: The ‘Roons’ and ‘Loons’ are both to blame for the problems of the Conservative Party
The ‘Mods’ and ‘Rockers’ of the Conservative Party are now the ‘Roons’ and ‘Loons’ – that is to say, the… Read more »
Banksy: Art for ‘morons’ not the people
Now here’s a curious story, concerning an artwork by ‘Banksy’ – the anonymous, but highly successful, street artist. It concerns… Read more »
Family values will die without economic opportunities for the young
Yesterday’s Deep End was all about using research evidence to achieve a better understanding of social issues. In an insightful… Read more »
Let’s stop wasting money on social science research that never gets used
Britain’s universities are among the best in the world. In just about every academic discipline, the research that is produced… Read more »
How Birmingham was strangled by the state
In a lot of countries, there is nothing second rate about their second cities. Though lacking the status of capital… Read more »
Heresy of the week: The best place for old people is a trailer park
The baby boom generation is the biggest in history. In America, ten thousand baby boomers retire every day. Writing for… Read more »
Is America too broke to stand up to China?
When Margaret Thatcher died, much was said about the Falklands, but rather less about Hong Kong. While Britain fought to… Read more »
Behold! A new and exciting way of ignoring and irritating people at the same time
Not many people mourn the passing of the old slam-door trains. Yet they did have one useful feature: windows that… Read more »
Britain: a nation of millionaires!
We are rich! Well, some of us are. The Guardian reports that millionaires are rather more common than one might… Read more »
Never forget the victims of Communism
In Whitehall, not far from the Cenotaph, stands the National Monument to the Women of World War II. Echoing the… Read more »
