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Enlightenment marathon (version 2)

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In recent days I have been asking people to sponsor my crazy mountain marathon in Scotland in early June. I am incredibly grateful to those people - especially a very generous RSA Trustee - who have helped me get so close to my target of two thousand pounds
The tragic irony of Plan B

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As the astute Will Davies describes here, the last few years have seen a paradox: even though the credit crunch was in many ways an indictment of free market economics - and the orthodox economists who propounded it - the period since has seen this
Matrix restated?

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I chaired a fascinating conference yesterday. At the risk of being overly critical, the conference was slightly guilty of two often repeated failings of such gathering. There was an awful lot of content, with fourteen plenary speakers across a long day facing
Saving the world (part 2)

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In my post yesterday, I made the case for a new public sphere in which the efforts of state, civil society and individuals are more effectively combined so as to narrow the currently growing gap between social aspirations (for both entitlements and values)
Driving ambition

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As David Homewood FRSA describes in this recent RSA Comment piece, the cost of insurance is making car ownership completely unaffordable for hundreds of thousands of young people, something which is bound to be worsening problems of youth unemployment,
Apples, elephants and roosters

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The other day I had coffee with Andy Gibson, founder of Mindapples, an organisation which – among other things - aims to give people the information and advice they need to maintain good mental health. As well as being a very active Fellow of the RSA, Andy is
Oh no, not again

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Marx famously said that history repeats itself; the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. If so, what is the appropriate aphorism as yet another tawdry party funding scandal explodes onto our front pages: Party funding history repeats itself first
Leicester means more

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The message of today’s post is that we shouldn't always assume a fit between a type of problem and a type of solution.
Selfish, moi?

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It is difficult to imagine any headline causing as much delight as this in the Guardian yesterday; ‘Upper class people are more likely to behave selfishly studies suggest’ (perhaps if the Sun ran with ‘women with large breasts especially keen on casual sex,
Can anyone help me defend social engineering?

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Appearing on Moral Maze (tonight at eight on Radio 4) I have noticed an inverse correlation between how well I perform and the strength of my opinions on the subject under discussion. So I may need to raise my game this evening as I am arguing in favour of

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Enlightenment marathon (version 2)

The tragic irony of Plan B

Matrix restated?

Saving the world (part 2)

Driving ambition

Apples, elephants and roosters

Oh no, not again

Leicester means more

Selfish, moi?

Can anyone help me defend social engineering?