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Why westerners dislike Singapore

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24 Mar 2012

This blog post was first published on Fundweb on 12 March. I have often wondered why so many western tourists say they dislike Singapore. They complain about what they see as its conformism and petty authoritarianism. Now I think I know the real reason they react against the place. It is hard not to see [...]

Spiked review on Arts & Letters

In: Daniel In The News

25 Feb 2012

My latest spiked review on technocratic thinking is listed on Arts & Letters today.

A guide to euro financial jargon

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19 Jan 2012

This is a box for my recent Fund Strategy cover story. I will paste the final box tomorrow. Bazooka. Popular term for a large sum of money used to underpin a bail-out of troubled national debt. European Banking Authority (EBA). The EU’s London-based banking regulator. Responsible for such tasks at the stress testing of EU [...]

Fixation with inequality distorts truth

In: Daniel In The News

9 Dec 2011

This is my latest book review for spiked. I have a mildly embarrassing confession to make. I love statistics. Whenever I start to examine a social or economic question, I gather all the available data to see what it tells me. Such statistics provide a valuable means to go beyond personal impressions. People I happen [...]

Me vs “Small is beautiful”

In: Daniel In The News

16 Nov 2011

I have an article in the Guardian’s “big ideas” series on EF Schumacher’s notion of “small is beautiful”.

Anti-capitalism can be conservative

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10 Nov 2011

Both supporters and opponents of the Occupy movement are labouring under the misconception that the recent wave of anti-capitalist protests is somehow leftist or radical. If they looked more closely they would see that such anti-capitalists are more conservative than the most ardent shire Tories. It is true that perhaps the most photographed banner outside [...]

Debating “prosperity without growth”

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9 Jun 2011

My debate at the Battle of Ideas 2010 with Tim Jackson, the author of Prosperity without growth?, is now available to watch on video.

German nuclear shutdown irrational

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6 Jun 2011

This is my latest comment on Fund Strategy. The German chancellor’s extraordinary decision to shut all of Germany’s nuclear power plants by 2022 illustrates spectacularly how fear has come to dominate the western elites. From any rational perspective it makes no sense. Angela Merkel’s move can be seen as a panic reaction to the problems [...]

David Harvey IS green

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2 May 2011

For those who thought I was caricaturing David Harvey in Thursday’s spiked review he has helpfully summarised his arguments in an article in the Independent. There should certainly be no doubt about his “green” credentials: “Zero growth is a necessity and zero growth is incompatible with capitalism. The necessity is, therefore, that we must all [...]

Critique of neo-liberalism on spiked

In: Daniel In The News

28 Apr 2011

My critique of the notion of “neo-liberalism” is the lead item in the latest spiked view of books.


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