Otmar Issing
Money is free speech
Coined freedom seems an eminently good way of describing currency
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight