Now Christmas it is over it is time to reflect on the major decisions in life and for me that means replacing our family’s beloved VW Passat Estate. Nothing exposes the inconcistencies of conservatism to the elements so unforgivingly as buying a car. The Left side of the conservative brain would be happiest with a […]
Just in time for the holidays, the Charities Aid Foundation released its annual World Giving Index for 2015, ranking countries according to their charitable giving, volunteering, and willingness to help those in need. The report seems to confirm a common source of guilt among developed nations of the world, that the wealthier you become, the […]
When a Beatles obsessive hears that the band is to allow its music to be streamed by the digital music services on which the youth of today listen to music there are several possible reactions. If you own everything they ever released – as I do, like many other fans – you might feel a […]
It would be something of a miracle if you’d got this far without realising the JJ Abrams-directed Star Wars film The Force Awakens (2015) is just around the corner, with opening night December 17. Thousands of fans all over the world purchased tickets to midnight screenings some weeks ago. Particularly interesting is how high expectations […]
The student speech bullies have won at Yale. Erika Christakis, Assistant Master of Yale’s Silliman College, who had the temerity to suggest that college students should choose their own Halloween costumes, has resigned from teaching. Her husband, sociology professor Nicholas Christakis, Master of Silliman College, will take a sabbatical next semester. One of the bullies’ […]
Right now it’s still a small and disparate industry. It’s hard to define. But it’s rapidly changing the world. Airbnb has done it to hotels. Uber is doing it to taxis. Simply put – tomorrow, sharing will beat owning. First, the good news: the UK is already a world leader in the sharing economy, second […]
Economic historian Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is completing work on an epic trilogy called “The Bourgeois Era” – the final installment of which Bourgeois Equality: How ideas, not capital or institutions, enriched the world will be published by University of Chicago Press in April […]
In his recent column, the Washington Post’s Robert Samuelson looks at inter-generational politics in America. He questions the sustainability of unfunded entitlement programs and bemoans the fact that most politicians, including many of the 2016 presidential candidates, find entitlement reform too radioactive to talk about. And for good reason! The Boomers have enjoyed decades of […]
Ask the average private renter if capitalism works for them and they’ll probably laugh in your face. They pay 47% of their income in rent, leaving little at the end of the month to put aside for the future. And if they get a pay rise, there’s a good chance that it will be hoovered […]
The International Students’ Day, celebrated every year on 17th of November, is an occasion for students to gather and celebrate a crucial day in Czech history. Unfortunately, this year’s celebrations were hijacked by a political meeting of the extremist anti-Islamic movement, which prevented Czech students in Prague from commemorating the deeds of their predecessors. The […]
This article was originally published by the Foundation for Economic Education, and can be found here. When I told a friend some years ago that I was going to be working in a think tank, he replied, “Huh. I always wondered who cleaned those out.” Not a surprising reaction. Think tanks are often perceived as […]
Senior executives at the Royal Bank of Scotland colluded to ensure that tens of millions of pounds in bankers’ bonuses were paid out shortly before the financial crisis, an RBS whistleblower will say in evidence in a UK court case that could cost the bank billions. It is understood that US-based Victor Hong, a risk […]
If there are two forces that will define British politics over the next four years, they are the family and the axe. Put them together on a red background and you have all the ingredients of a Russian revolutionary poster. However, this isn’t Russian socialism that we are talking about but Conservative Party policy. The […]
Court proceedings can touch on the day-to-day lives of ordinary Americans and the minute-by-minute decisions of small businesses. Consider the case of Alamo Broadband, a small Internet service provider from San Antonio, Texas, that is challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order, which established so-called “net neutrality” regulations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Colleges and universities have historically been beacons of innovation and scholarship, shaped by intellectual diversity and a passion for knowledge and debate. Freedom of speech has always been a vibrant part of campus culture. But that enduring image of universities is now under attack. A new dogma is pervading campuses across America, with students and […]
The Soviet Union was disbanded a few weeks after I was born, and until recently, and certainly during the 1990s, it was hoped that the event marked what Francis Fukuyama called the End of History. The universal values of freedom, equality before the law and enterprise would be protected and spread by the benevolent hegemony of […]
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