The Philosophical Muser

Thousands of people marched in an anti-Tory, anti-austerity rally in London today - during which Jeremy Corbyn declared "This is th...

Those of you who are readily interested in the social sciences may have heard of a paradox associated with economist Richard Easterlin call...

Let me tell you something fascinating about the welfare state. As a society almost every single individual in the UK is in favour of it, b...

Jeremy Corbyn has felt buoyed recently - his better than expected election vote-share and the cult of personality that's surrounding ...

Like me, you may have been distracted recently by a little thing called the General Election, as well as terrorist atrocities in our majo...

The General Election has been fun and entertaining, but the biggest national problem we face is way bigger than any party politics or distri...

Ha-Joon Chang's latest pratfall is an attempt to expose the so-called myth that tax is a burden: "The Conservatives are clea...

I was looking at some of the poll responses from members of the public this morning on the news, and thought to myself, the way pollsters...

Yesterday at a hustings, Sheryll Murray, the Tory MP for South East Cornwall sparked outrage by saying she was 'pleased we have food ...

If you're starting to feel fed up with the electioneering, it's probably because the party leaders are merely churning out litani...

Generally I should imagine I share the same kind of views as the guys at the Adam Smith Institute when it comes to land value tax - that ...