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Why we posted this:The papers have been full of bad news about how the UK’s young stack up against the global competition. Badly, of course. Check out the latest gloomy research, from the OECD, and it’s survivable. More »
Themes: Interrogating the Media / Money / Rights / Society. Posted by Richard D North on September 2nd, 2009
Why we posted this: David Aaronovitch has carried his crusade against bogus evidence even deeper into the Happiness Debate. More »
Themes: Interrogating the Media / Media / Money / Society. Posted by Richard D North on August 11th, 2009
Why we posted this: It is a familiar riff that people are more miserable in the West, and Westerners are more miserable than they used to be. This is mostly nonsense, but there is an important issue to wrestle with: why are women less happy than men? This piece seems sensible all round. More »
Themes: Society. Posted by Richard D North on June 2nd, 2009
Why we posted this: People have forgotten how badly they need to be governed by an elite. The exposure of MP’s allowances in the Daily Telegraph shows just how far we have gone in misunderstanding the problem of public service. The paper of the professions has descended into tabloid destructiveness. More »
Themes: Interrogating the Media / Politics / Society / Truth & Trust. Posted by Richard D North on May 9th, 2009
Why we posted this: The idea that Africa needs missionaries is surprising to a generation brought up to believe that indigenous cultures are always preferable to “white” interference. But the case is made tellingly in this piece. More »
Themes: Food / Rights / Society. Posted by Richard D North on December 27th, 2008
Why we posted this: The BBC has no idea how to be a respectable broadcaster, and not much desire either. How could it? Its biggest fear is that it won’t hit its numbers. More »
Themes: Interrogating the Media / Society. Posted by Richard D North on December 13th, 2008
Why we posted this: It really matters that there’s no point hammering the rich. It doesn’t hurt them and may hurt the poor. More »
Themes: Money / Politics / Society. Posted by Richard D North on November 29th, 2008
Why we posted this: The BBC has no idea how to be a respectable broadcaster, and not much desire either. How could it? Its biggest fear is that it won’t hit its numbers. More »
Themes: Interrogating the Media / Media / Society. Posted by Richard D North on October 29th, 2008
Why we posted this: The extraordinary hiatus in the world economy may well produce a mid-Atlantic capitalism. Not as European as the European mainland would like and not as gungho as Wall Street has been promoting. More »
Themes: Money / Society / The Good Corporation. Posted by Richard D North on October 28th, 2008
Why we posted this: The web – especially in Web 2.0 mode – spreads dangerous nonsense. Sure, but we should hold our nerve and redress the balance. More »
Themes: Interrogating the Media / Media / Money / Society / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on September 17th, 2008