Radical libertarian thinkers don’t actually want to overthrow democracy, but to leave it behind.
No-one wants to shake the French President’s hand.
So far the leader of the Labour Party has been a chrysalis. Today he emerged, arguing the best way to solve problems is centralised control.
One of the things that the right hates about the left is its top-down, state-led vision for the ordering of human endeavor. Even if we assumed that the state were capable of such far-reaching technocratic competence, we’d still shudder at the thought of such a society. However benevolent in its intention, the socialist dream is […]
What is it about Communism and mass starvation? From the Soviet Union in the 1930s to Ethiopia in the 1980s, Communist regimes have deliberately engineered famines to achieve their political aims. However, the greatest of all of these crimes against humanity was the Great Chinese Famine of 1958 to 1962 in which at least 36 […]
Whatever happens to the Eurozone in the short-term, the long-term looks truly grim. That, at least, is the case made by Thomas Pascoe in the Telegraph. The situation faced by peripheral Eurozone members is bad enough, but the underlying untenability of the situation also applies to France: "The debt levels which the country has are […]
Lettre ouverte aux Français – Open letter to the French (translation below) Le message de bienvenue du Premier Ministre Britannique David Cameron aux refugiés Français après l’annonce de l’introduction du taux d’impôt a 75% est une constatation de fait plutôt qu’une nouvelle. Depuis des dizaines d’années, des centaines de milliers de Français se réfugient chez […]
JP Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. Government should stop overruling its peoples’ choices. That is what the current assault on capitalism is about. After all, what is capitalism, but the millions of decisions people make every day? We are all capitalists: when we buy a pint of milk; when we earn a […]
JP Floru is the Director of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. Free marketeers are deluding themselves if they believe that their cause will be helped by attacking bankers or the City. This morning, Radio 4 had another shamelessly biased item on “bankers’ bonuses”. This time, the assault was led by John Humphrys. It was […]
By JP Floru When the state starts doling out money on a vast scale, you have to limit the number of recipients. A welfare state is therefore inherently tribal – its survival depends upon a ‘to us, but not to them’ – attitude. People are herded into groups to exclude others – and merit is […]
By JP Floru Self-reliance must rank in the top three Conservative values; perhaps together with producing growth and taking care of our nearest and dearest (I’m open to suggestions for even better Conservative values, and am looking forward to the Comments below!). Key to self-reliance is saving. Call it frittering away. Beavering away. Saving for […]
The Left blames the wealthy, just as a failed merchant blames his competitor, as a way to cover for its failings and ineptitude.