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Some favourite quotes from Karl Popper
Read more: Some favourite quotes from Karl PopperKarl Popper is without doubt my favourite character in political philosophy. He was rational, believing knowledge and truth to be objective, but aware of the boundaries of reason. A scientist but concerned with the mechanisms of society. By…
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The American Museum in Britain, Bath
Read more: The American Museum in Britain, BathThis past weekend, we visited the American Museum in Britain. It was thought-provoking: America was of course conceived in liberty but American history, like every nation’s, is filled with examples of man’s inhumanity to man. The exhibition began…
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Dizzy Thinks on the NHS
Read more: Dizzy Thinks on the NHSVia Dizzy Thinks: Grow up you morons, a rather unfortunate title: Sadly, unlike what’s going on in USA right now, the structure and delivery of healthcare services is not even a matter for discussion in the UK anymore. Instead,…
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Quiet around here? Check out The Cobden Centre
Read more: Quiet around here? Check out The Cobden CentreI have been busy with my colleagues at our new educational charity for honest money: Steve’s posts at The Cobden Centre. See also: What is money? Irving Fisher, 100% Money, 1935 The Problem with GDP The kindness of…
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Rand Paul decides to follow his father
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120 Labour MPs plan to stand down at next general election | The Observer
Read more: 120 Labour MPs plan to stand down at next general election | The ObserverMore than 120 Labour MPs – a third of the parliamentary party – are preparing to quit Westminster at the next general election in the biggest clear-out of the parliamentary “old guard” for generations, according to senior party…
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A popular raspberry against yah-boo politics | Nick Bye – Times Online
Read more: A popular raspberry against yah-boo politics | Nick Bye – Times OnlineCongratulations Sarah Wollaston. Via A popular raspberry against yah-boo politics | Nick Bye – Times Online : The selection of a new Conservative candidate for Totnes by a postal ballot of all constituents is a radical break with…
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FT.com – Call for more intervention on energy
Read more: FT.com – Call for more intervention on energyVia FT.com / UK / Politics & policy – Call for more intervention on energy: An “interventionist” approach by the government will be needed if security of energy supply is to be guaranteed, a report commissioned by the…
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Irving Fisher, “100% Money”
Read more: Irving Fisher, “100% Money”Via The Cobden Centre » Honest money, a summary of economist Irving Fisher’s “100% Money”: The 100% proposal is the opposite of radical. What it asks, in principle, is a return from the present extraordinary and ruinous system…