My friend David Boyle recently wrote about the re-birth of liberal economics. In particular, the renewed attention on tackling monopoly power. As he mentioned, this trend has…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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I used to be a member of the Lib Dem’s federal policy committee. I used to irritate Danny Alexander and other luminaries by claiming that…
I have always suspected that the Left-Right political spectrum is not a straight line, but a circle. One eventually leads to the other – and…
Because its form left much to be desired, we thought it had no substance. In Europe, we are beginning to understand that we have been…
The collapse of government contractor Carillion will spread havoc. Sympathy for its creditors may not be overwhelming. But the impact on those who depended on…
Cast your mind back, if you can, about 160 years to the end of 1858 – when the European crisis was emerging that would have…
This letter was published in the Financial Times on 29 December 2017 As a think tank for the radical centre, we strongly support Martin Sandbu’s…
The sounds of hoofs is growing, the noise of the emerging antitrust movement is not exactly deafening, but it is at least audible. I cite…
Europe is, once again, being left behind. The latest frontier in technology development is Artificial Intelligence. Two current trends should worry Europeans. The first is…
It’s a funny thing, but Michael Gove’s defence of Boris Johnson, following his damaging confusion about a British woman detained on holiday in Iran, gave…
It wasn’t a short speech – and certainly not a snappy title: “Secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects…
The latest stance from the extreme Brexiteer community is that we don’t need any form of trade deal with the European Union. Operating under WTO…