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[caption id="attachment_35644" align="alignleft" width="1163"] For anyone who’s interested I recommend David Cayley’s series of CBC radio documentaries on Illich. (He’s the best broadcaster I’ve come...

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The Great Covid Panic: now out!

Paul Frijters

September 3, 2021September 9, 2021

It's here, the booklet I am sure you have all been waiting for. The one which Gigi Foster and Michael Baker slaved over for 10...

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Pragmatic utilitarianism?

Paul Frijters

June 30, 2021July 1, 2021

I have been a utilitarian for about 30 years now and am seen in my academic work as an extreme version of the genre. I...

Cultural Critique Democracy Economics and public policy Ethics Gender

Critical race theory

Nicholas Gruen

June 26, 2021June 25, 2021

‘Critical race theory’ is the perfect villain Christopher Rufo https://vimeo.com/16717619 I wonder if I can keep this post short and sweet. Only by reminding myself...

Cultural Critique Ethics History

All that’s good about Jordan Peterson

Nicholas Gruen

May 25, 2021May 26, 2021

I can't stand Jordan Petersen. I can't stand his remorseless humourlessness first of all. His self-righteousness, his grandiosity and megalomania, his boastfulness about how learned...

Coronavirus crisis Cultural Critique Death and taxes Ethics Health Life Politics - international Science

Australia or Sweden: which has had the better 2020?

Paul Frijters

April 14, 2021April 18, 2021

Compared to the trends on January 2020, has Australia or Sweden lost more wellbeing in 2020? And which has seen the greater damage to expected...

Economics and public policy Ethics Health Innovation Politics - national

Playacting government: Victoria’s COVID response

Nicholas Gruen

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

[caption id="attachment_34335" align="alignright" width="378"] Dan Andrews said that his 'Road Map' for easing the lockdown is not a doctoral thesis – a proposition that's hard...