This post first appeared in the Australian Sensible Centre newsletter. Australia’s system of post-school education is a mess. There is no national consensus as to…
This post first appeared in the Australian Sensible Centre newsletter. Australia’s system of post-school education is a mess. There is no national consensus as to…
Was this a Boris Johnson budget or a Rishi Sunak budget? The Prime Minister is known as a spendthrift. From failed garden bridges and grand…
“We have been kinder to Amazon in this newsletter than other potential monopolies, aware that they are – among other things – a highly efficient…
As the country hosting this year’s crucial COP summit in Glasgow, the UK government’s approach to net zero falls short on many fronts. Relying on…
I was pleased to speak at the recent Radix Big Tent Meet the Leaders session about innovation, a topic that is close to my heart…
Governments, large corporations and investors are frantically announcing climate change pledges. Trillions of dollars are being invested in the transition to net zero, and many…
Economic cornucopians who believe “innovation” and “substitution” will solve every constraint on the resources needed for modern civilisation use a clever piece of misdirection to deflect the…
“I have free will. Responsible for my own actions. I should ask for forgiveness, yet, I declare I do not seek teshuva… I’m unrepentant. What I’m going to write,…
Vince Cable has been making his accustomed case for maintaining strong and largely unfettered links with China. In his view orthodox economic engagement, even on…
As Matthew D’Ancona and colleagues at Tortoise say (#TheArmsRace Campaign Update 12): “After the disappointment of President Biden’s vaccine summit last week, it is more…
A brilliant animation purporting to be from a mythical Ministry for the Climate Emergency has been doing the rounds on social media over the weekend…
“Nobody in politics seems to know what the real problems are, let alone how to fix them. The government lurches from one ‘fix’ to another,…