Sometimes in scientific discovery we speak of a theory ‘dying the death of a thousand modifications.’

New towns always pose the problem that if they have not grown organically, where is the supporting structure of relationships, the interlocking chain of suppliers, and the businesses supporting each other?

So, we’ve now one political party explicitly committed to abolishing landlords.

VAT on private education is counter-productive: It makes private education more expensive, pushing more children into the state system, which increases the burden on taxpayers rather than relieving it. 

Tom Calver has a useful piece on where economic growth might come from.

Just to remind of the basics of dealing with climate change from the Stern Review.

Morocco protests turn deadly as youth rage against World Cup.

Western economies are often castigated for producing too much waste. Maybe they do, because waste is a feature of the affluence that capitalism brings. 

Aditya Chakrabortty wants us all to know that the policies of Sr. Milei in Argentina are a disaster and that shows that the free market is all wet, even all wrong, in fact.

If I’d been asked in 1997 how I might encourage youngsters to read more, I dare say I might have come up with some worthy ideas.

Taiwan has become the world’s biggest importer of Russian naphtha, a petroleum derivative used to make chemicals needed for the semiconductor industry, despite the fact that it has joined other sanctions against Russia and considers itself an ally of Ukraine.