The real reason we should be wary of GM crops
The real problem with GM crops is not that they are unnatural, but that they cause us to forget just how dangerous the natural world is
Edited by Peter Franklin
How to bankrupt a country – or the parable of the Greek pharmacies
Over-regulation doesn’t always cripple an industry… when the type of product in question is an essential one, it isn’t the producer that loses out, but the consumer
The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists is blowing its credibility
In November last year, the AECR welcomed an important new member – Turkey’s ruling political party, but there’s a problem…
Heresy of the week: If we want teenagers to do better at school, then let them have a lie-in
The Government has plans to extend the school day, which could mean the early morning starts often seen in America.
Who will stand up for the man on the Clapham omnibus?
There’s only so much that can be done about ticket prices, but political pressure could have an impact in forcing the operators to improve the customer experience
Crass consumerism is a poor substitute for real economic opportunity
Without going beyond purely material considerations, “stuff” is not the same thing as wealth
Social democracy is not the answer to social immobility
It isn’t only genes or property that get passed from generation to generation. More important than either of those are values.
Robot armies versus the nation state
What ultimately keeps governments in power isn’t constitutions or electoral mandates, but the support of sufficient numbers of men with guns
Heresy of the week: There are some state monopolies we should be grateful for
Marxist regimes have a long history of turning to non-governmental forces to do their dirty work
We should stop basing energy policy on false cost estimates
In a properly functioning market, the only institution capable of discovering the true price of different products is the market itself
From the ‘Anglosphere’ to ‘Eurasianism’ geopolitical theories are bunk
Once you start bickering about who committed the fewest atrocities overall, then, unless your number is zero, you’ve already lost the argument
Hooray! We’re all much richer than we think we are
GDP is a convenient, but wildly inaccurate, measure of our true material wealth
Forget sanctions – Russia will pay dearly for Crimea anyway
Russia may be the biggest country in the world and getting bigger, but its leaders ought to realise that it’s not size that matters but what you do with it
Heresy of the week: Abortion on demand + scientific progress = eugenics
While our culture may not give two hoots for the humanity of an unwanted embryo, we can’t deny that widespread embryonic (or foetal) selection would alter society
The great Bitcoin disaster shows that free markets need the support of a social contract
Bitcoin can be seen as a completely free market in which there is no hand-holding by regulators and no government bail-outs
