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- Why we should fear a world Empire by Paul Frijters 23/11/2019
- Is it the duty of the state to police a positive national history story? by Paul Frijters 13/11/2019
- Academia: from inefficient effectiveness to efficient ineffectiveness by Nicholas Gruen 08/11/2019
- Pedantry is not its own reward – and it's certainly not ours! by Nicholas Gruen 04/11/2019
- The British Film Festival by Nicholas Gruen 01/11/2019
- Greek film festival by Nicholas Gruen 06/10/2019
- Is Trump a blessing in disguise for world peace? by Paul Frijters 03/10/2019
- Some thoughts from on high by Nicholas Gruen 27/09/2019
- Strategic voting and avoiding a no-deal Brexit by Nicholas Gruen 25/09/2019
- Wanted: an executive email service with stamps. by Paul Frijters 25/09/2019
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Category Archives: Political theory
Paul Krugman’s incredible invisibility trick
It’s impossible to avoid misjudgements in life or to get all one’s predictions right. But should economists get caught out quite so often? Paul Krugman is honest and self-critical. So he’s up for identifying what economists missed about globalisation – … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Political theory, Politics - international, Politics - national
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Why I’m not reading Steven Pinker’s latest
I’m afraid this post won’t live up to the title above. It has its genesis in a long email I wrote someone who told me I just had to read Jeremy Lend’s critique of ‘Enlightenment Now’. I’ve mainly just topped and tailed … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Cultural Critique, Political theory
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The Future of Politics: by John Burnheim
Politics is about constructing those public goods that are necessary for communities, are a minimum to deal with problems that threaten life itself. In our present situation, the most serious problems are all posed on a global scale, as a … Continue reading
My presentation in London
Herewith my presentation in London “Economic reform thinking as if we’d bothered to do it” and Martin Wolf’s commentary on it beginning at around the 40 minute mark. Judging from audience comments, a good time was had by all. You can download … Continue reading
Authoritarianism: GUEST POST by John Burnheim
Arguing with an American ex-Australian now resident in Canada, I contested his view that, of the three countries, America is the least and Australia the most, authoritarian. In part it was a verbal difference. I was taking “authoritarian” in the … Continue reading
The first page test: Hannah Arendt edition
There’s an amazing amount of dreck about – masquerading as the latest thinking. It’s not that there isn’t a lot to think about, so it’s easy to think you should read this or that. How to choose? One of my filters is … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Critique, Philosophy, Political theory
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The people’s voice: as rage and as healing
There’s a spectre haunting Europe … and the rest of the Western world. We have elaborate ‘diversity’ programs in good upper-middle-class places to prevent discrimination against all manner of minorities (and majorities like women). It’s a fine thing. But there’s a … Continue reading