We are not the beautiful

Showing posts with label Niall Ferguson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niall Ferguson. Show all posts
Sunday, 14 July 2013

To transform the world we must become dual personalities

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Long time readers of this blog will be familiar with regular references to the famous Milgram experiment of the 1960s. This was a psych...
Tuesday, 24 July 2012

The wreath of conservatism. Niall Ferguson gives us a lecture. Part Two

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Since Plato there has been a thread of fear running through Western political thought. The foreboding that, in putting the poor in the sadd...
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012

The wreath of conservatism. Niall Ferguson gives us a lecture. Part One

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I have finally worked out the perplexing intellectual strategy of modern conservatism. It is, despite appearances, nothing to do with per...
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We are not the beautiful
Capitalism is not beautiful, said John Maynard Keynes. It is not intelligent, it is not virtuous and it not just. “But when we wonder what to put in its place, we are extremely perplexed.” This blog is about the ideologies that mask the ugliness and injustice beneath the surface. And how our perplexity might be diminished. You can contact me at idealogically@gmail.com
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