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politics and the economy
Anything ‘sustainable’ is not worth having
spiked,
1 December 2009
A challenge to the cult of sustainability and restraint that is growing in response to the economic recession.
Al-Megrahi and the crisis of political leadership
spiked,
24 August 2009
The British government’s mismanagement of the al-Megrahi affair exposes its utter lack of intellectual, moral and political authority.
The experience of the recession
BBC World Service,
10 August 2009
Interview on BBC World Service.
Why the state cannot save the economy
spiked,
18 June 2009
Instead of having arid debates about the state versus the market, we must create institutions and policies that can restructure the economy.
How EU bureaucrats are destroying public life
spiked,
10 June 2009
A majority of Europeans refused to take part in the EU elections not because they don’t understand the EU, but because they do.
Taking the politics of fear to a new low
spiked,
4 June 2009
Unable to inspire voters, the isolated, illiberal oligarchs of the EU are using the threat of fantasy fascism to try to force us to be pro-EU.
EU oligarchs help far right prosper
The Australian,
4 June 2009
The leaders of the European Union hate elections to the European Parliament. Why? Because these caricatures of democratic decision-making expose the contempt with which the European public regards the oligarchy that runs the EU.
Taking refuge in the rhetoric of reform
spiked,
26 May 2009
By proposing electoral reforms in response to the expenses scandal, politicians are futilely seeking an organisational solution to a political problem.
Alistair Darling’s make-believe Budget
spiked,
23 April 2009
Even by New Labour standards, yesterday’s Budget was an unusually disturbing attempt by our leaders to evade economic responsibility.
A caricature of a riot
spiked,
2 April 2009
Yesterday’s protest of poseurs against bankers confirmed that anti-capitalism itself has become an empty brand, like KFC or FCUK.
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