John Maynard Keynes
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Did QE cost taxpayers?
Claims that the Bank of England’s programme cost billions are a red herring
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
The Keynesian comeback
The coronavirus pandemic has allowed policymakers to revive discredited economic theories
Greek good news
Budget balancing works — and naive spendthrift Keynesianism doesn’t
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham