David Paton
David Paton is Professor of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University Business School. He is a member of the Health Advisory and Recovery Team (HART)
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Seven indicators that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0
Data from seven different indicators establishes that infections were already in decline in England before the January lockdown
The incarnation of vice
Sex, gypsies, smoking, smugglers, sex, bullfighting, murder, and did we mention…sex?
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Bloody opposition
The Tories have left Britain in the hands of managers, judges and technocrats
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
Balance the books
Britain’s soaring debt may not be as sustainable in the long term as figures suggest
Europe at the crossroads
The EU elections could see the populist right make significant gains
Chasing rainbows
Dissident civil servants have been risking their careers to fight a losing battle against burgeoning Whitehall wokery
The renovation of the Heal’s Building
Londoners are sentimental about the early-twentieth-century Tottenham Court Road store, Heal’s