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politics and the economy
Hefty bailouts and a refugee tsunami threaten to overwhelm unaccountable EU
The Australian,
21 May 2011
During a recent visit to Brussels I was struck by the uninhibited use of the word crisis by people who closely watch or inhabit the institutions of the European Union.
The democratic case against alternative voting
spiked,
3 May 2011
There’s way too much opportunism in the debate on AV, says Frank Furedi: here are the real reasons you should say ‘No’ on Thursday.
This yearning for freedom will not lead to theocracy
spiked,
2 February 2011
The fear that the Egyptian uprising will create ‘another Iran’ reveals the extent to which 1979 still haunts the Western imagination.
Defending moral autonomy against an army of nudgers
spiked,
20 January 2011
ESSAY: Frank Furedi slams the ‘choice architects’ who bypass public debate in their zealous effort to reshape our minds and bodies.
Wikileaks: this isn’t journalism ‑ it’s voyeurism
spiked,
30 November 2010
Whatever high-minded newspapers might say, the casual dumping of thousands of documents on to the internet is not in the public interest.
Cameron’s happiness index: counting smiley faces
spiked,
16 November 2010
The government’s plan to measure the nation’s emotional wellbeing marks an unhappy shift in the relationship between the state and people.
Liberal paternalism gets public and private the wrong way around
Reuters,
4 November 2010
Contribution to The Great Debate UK (Reuters).
‘Red Ed’ can’t disguise the fact that Labour is dead
spiked,
4 October 2010
Don’t let the flurry of debate about what Ed Miliband will do next distract from the real story: the historic crisis of social democracy.
Down Under: the danse macabre of labourism
spiked,
24 August 2010
The political quake in Australia echoes what is also occurring in Britain and across Europe: the final demise of social democracy.
Weltuntergangswahn
Capital,
3 June 2010
Essay: Immer wenn ein Vulkan ausbricht oder eine Grippe, bereiten uns die Behörden auf das Schlimmstmögliche vor. Der Kampf gegen den Weltuntergang wird zur Routine. Der Schaden, den dieses Denken auslöst, ist gewaltig. Nicht nur, weil ein paar Flüge ausfallen.
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