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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
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
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
A joint statement from David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg (in my dreams)

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These are tough times for our country and its people. After the shock of the global crisis and the scale of public debt which followed in its wake, it would have been hard enough in a benign global context to get our own economy moving, but now the perilous
Wicked priorities

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In my last post I used a footballing metaphor to suggest that the lifestyles of well-off people in the UK, particularly those based in the South East of England, put them in the Premiership of developed economy citizens while the poor have fallen to the level
Over and out?

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I wrote yesterday about the distinction between 'power over' and 'power to'. This distinction is relevant to the crisis which now grips Europe.
Made it to base camp (at least)

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Well, I've at least made it to base camp for the Mountain Marathon and the weather is surprising fine. Have just got to run the 26 miles now!
You don't have to be mad to work here

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As a panellist on Moral Maze tonight (Radio 4, 20.00) I will be discussing some of the implications of a recent LSE report on mental illness and treatment in the UK. I am looking forward to the programme, but with some trepidation, as I find myself ambivalent
An Olympian effort to solve a deepening scandal?

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Yesterday we saw yet another report on yet another scandal involving neglect and abuse of frail older people. I suspect many of us lucky enough not to already be in the system try to ignore such stories as they only feed into our fear of having to care for
Reasons not to be cheerful: one, two, three.

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In my forthcoming annual lecture I offer an explanation for our apparent inability to make progress on challenges most people would like to see addressed; like providing dignity and decent care for all old people, increasing social mobility or achieving a

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Matrix restated?

The tragic irony of Plan B

Enlightenment marathon (version 2)

A joint statement from David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg (in my dreams)

Wicked priorities

Over and out?

Made it to base camp (at least)

You don't have to be mad to work here

An Olympian effort to solve a deepening scandal?

Reasons not to be cheerful: one, two, three.