Mark Diesendorf recently did us the favour of recounting eight economic myths that are helping to destroy our future. It is no criticism of Diesendorf that he did not exhaust the list of myths in a short article. Here are some more. [Published at Pearls & Irritations, 15 July 26.] Diesendorf noted that we treat… Read More Some more destructive economic myths, and some better options
Are we just selfish brutes who need to be civilised into social, moral behaviour? If not, where do our decency and altruism come from? Can we resist the tides of fear and control rolling over us and cultivate more compassionate and peaceable societies? [Published by Pearls & Irritations 10 July 2025] Elon Musk reckons ‘the… Read More Empathy, morality, civilisation, and resisting tyrants
The hand-wringing by political ‘centre-left moderates’ about the rise of fascism and the likelihood of another Trump presidency overlooks a key fact: they are a big part of the problem. There is widespread lamentation about the popularity of Donald Trump and the likelihood of another Trump presidency, from Hillary Clinton’s notorious 2016 reference to the… Read More The ‘centre-left’ feeds fascism
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