Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Waste not, want not

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

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

The Prince’s Reading Challenge

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.

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Countries do not, in fact, trade

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.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Recruiting hackers

The news that MI6 is using the Dark Web to recruit spies sets one thinking about how me might recruit teenage talent to work with the force and abandon the dark side.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

The nordic model

The Scandinavian economic system, often referred to as the Nordic model, combines free-market capitalism with a strong welfare state.

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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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