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Writings

  • Review of Tim Harford's book, Adapt
    Thursday 2nd June 2011 (All day)
  • To protect birds, conservation charities should invest in gamekeepers, not nature reserves
    Monday 24th May 2010 (All day)
  • How did one ape 45,000 years ago happen to turn into a planet dominator? The answer lies in an epochal collision of creativity. By Matt Ridley
    Saturday 22nd May 2010 (All day)
  • How did one ape 45,000 years ago happen to turn into a planet dominator? The answer lies in an epochal collision of creativity.
    Saturday 22nd May 2010 (All day)
  • Humans’ capacity for solving problems has been improving our lot for 10,000 years. Don’t think it will stop now
    Sunday 16th May 2010 (All day)
  • The "hockey stick" temperature graph is a mainstay of global warming science. A new book tells of one man's efforts to dismantle it—and deserves to win prizes
    Wednesday 10th March 2010 (All day)
  • "How Has The Internet Changed The Way You Think?"
    Sunday 31st January 2010 (All day)
  • The EU has a trade-protection policy thinly disguised as a zero-tolerance policy on most GM crops - to the detriment of consumers and the environment
    Wednesday 20th January 2010 (All day)
  • Innovation depends on a "collective brain" - and without access to trade and exchange, people may experience not just less innovation, but even regress.
    Wednesday 23rd September 2009
  • The underlying causes of prosperity
    Tuesday 21st April 2009

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