There used to be a romantic notion of globalisation that all countries would simply have to get along as we were all...
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George Orwell chastised the "boiled rabbits of the Left" for disliking what he called "the spiritual need for...
28:46
What do we really know about the policy choices confronting us? Covid-19 has been a brutal lesson in the extent of...
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What do we really know about the policy choices confronting us? Covid-19 has been a brutal lesson in the extent of...
28:51
Is it possible to identify rogue cops before they commit offences? Can we change police culture to improve police...
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Are we predisposed by our personality to be drawn to certain political policies or certain ideologies? And if so,...
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We live in a world of unicorns. From hailing taxis to ordering pizza to renting a holiday home, the world has come to...
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Increasingly, Western governments see China as a problem to deal with because, as it has grown more powerful, it has...
28:27
On February 1st this year nearly every news bulletin began with the words 'the UK has officially left the European...
28:19
On February 1st this year nearly every news bulletin began with the words 'the UK has officially left the European...
28:14
The furlough scheme, introduced in response to Covid-19, has raised a question: should Britain’s social...
28:08
The Rise and Fall of the Bond Market Traders
In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher famously said that 'You can’t buck the markets' and Governments back then...
28:58
Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MP’s
Despite winning a large majority at the last election, Prime Minister Johnson’s relationship with his party is...
28:33
How ready are we for the next pandemic, cyber attack, volcanic eruption, or solar storm? Our world, ever more...
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The internet is a cornerstone of our society. It is vital to our economy, to our global communications, and to many...
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Behavioural Science and the Pandemic
There were two narratives that emerged in the week before we locked down on 23rd March that could go some way to...
29:09
As Covid-19 forced humans into lockdown, memes emerged showing the earth was healing thanks to our absence. These...
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"The origin of civil government," wrote the Scottish philosopher David Hume in 1739, is that "men are not able...
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Government intervention on an unprecedented scale has propped up the British economy - and society at large - during...
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Wellness is easy to lampoon. A vast, trillion-dollar industry, at its worst it offers bogus cures, prescribing...
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