Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

More rights is true, but which rights?

We’ve always enjoyed the Work Foundation. Will Hutton takes over the old Industrial Society, makes it new, exciting and relevant and it then collapses into the arms of Lancaster University.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Concerns about Digital ID cards.

Earlier this year, hackers connected with the breach at Marks & Spencer claimed responsibility for a separate cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover.

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Why we need capitalism

We’re as fond of co ops and voluntary associations and so on as the next parcel of think tankers.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Optimism helps

Columns like the ‘Doomslayer’ series by Marion Tupy, and similar ‘rational optimism’ projects such as Steven Pinker’s ‘Enlightenment Now’ or Matt Ridley’s ‘The Rational Optimist’ are explicitly designed to counterbalance the daily flood of negative news.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

The baby drought

There may be several interlocking reasons why UK women are having fewer babies, many of which apply across Western Europe, though the severity and mix differs by country.

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

That propensity to truck and barter

Though meteorites can fall anywhere on Earth, the Sahara has become a prime area for their discovery, partly because the climate is favourable for their preservation but also because they are relatively easy to spot against the sand.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Fixing regulation

The UK has inherited too much process-driven regulation from the EU, which tends to apply the precautionary principle - regulate early and heavily if there’s even a theoretical risk - even before clear evidence of harm.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Rural community

Those who say our sense of community has gone should take a look at rural England.

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