Inequality
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
The problem with “poverty”
A campaign against inequality is masquerading as a campaign against poverty
Britain has to bet on the future
We urgently need to invest in the young and the new
The inequality delusion
British politics is being hamstrung by the uncritical pursuit of equal outcomes
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
In defence of inequalities
Some of them, at least
Bringing the world into focus
The maverick genius of Thomas Sowell
Grow Britain by getting out of the way
Gove has swallowed the opposition’s patronising rationalisations of Brexit, along with their economically illiterate solutions
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive