What will we do when robots take our jobs? Let’s remember what happened last time
Writing for the Wilson Quarterly, Daniel Akst gives voice to a growing concern: “…has the day finally come when technology will… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
The twisted roots of ‘care in the community’
The Americans call it “deinstitutionalization” – an uglier, if less euphemistic, name for what we call ‘care in the community’…. Read more »
Heresy of the week: David Cameron is not on the left of the Conservative Party
Blairite blogger Hopi Sen has a confession: “I sometimes like to introduce myself to Labour party people as ‘the most right-wing… Read more »
There’s a good reason why people don’t trust the Government on planning
How did we become such a nation of nimbys? We can’t always have been so hostile to new development otherwise… Read more »
Pornography, cathedrals and the conservative case for common ownership
Whatever the merits of privatising the Royal Mail, it is certain to revive the old calumny that Conservatives ‘know the… Read more »
Shale gas is a global resource, but all eyes are on Britain
The shale gas industry was born in the USA and to a very large extent that is where it remains…. Read more »
High risk and low reward, we shouldn’t pretend that banking can ever be safe
Repairing things normally involves putting the pieces back together. But when it comes to fixing the banks, the opposite applies… Read more »
Heresy of the week: Britain’s zombie recovery upsets the assumptions of left and right alike
Heresy of the week: Labour is still on course to win the next general election
The Deep End has featured articles by Dan Hodges before (here and here) – which are typical of his fearlessly honest style. There are… Read more »
Do governments actually want their people to do the right thing?
In economics the theory of ‘revealed preference’ asserts that the best of way of telling what consumers prefer (given a… Read more »
Do governments actually want their people to do the right thing?
In economics, the theory of ‘revealed preference’ asserts that the best of way of telling what consumers prefer (given a… Read more »
Nice, democratic, entrepreneurial India: the unhappy truth
Not so long ago, China and India we’re often mentioned in the same breath – the emerging industrial giants that… Read more »
Nice, democratic, entrepreneurial India: the unhappy truth
Not so long ago, China and India were often mentioned in the same breath – the emerging industrial giants that… Read more »
Look up and smile, the eyes in the sky are multiplying
By now we’re all familiar with satellite images of our planet. Indeed, thanks to sites like Google Earth, we can… Read more »
What’s the difference between a high street banker and a back street fraudster?
Has the backlash against the bankers gone too far? Perhaps, but given the sheer number and variety of banking scandals,… Read more »
