Economics
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
We have to be more precise about progress
What sort of progress do we want, and how are we going to get it?
The immigration merry-go-round
Britain’s discourse on migration is a timewasting charade
Planning to fail
Britain’s population is rapidly growing but the authorities seem implacably opposed to building new houses
Does anyone even understand productivity?
Economic measurements can be a lot more complicated than they seem
Parents, teach your children about supply and demand
Too often, young people are turkeys voting for Christmas
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
