Thepoliticalidealist

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• Do People Want to Be Unemployed?

  Reblogged from Liam's page: Very few people want to be unemployed, is that too controversial? I have no statistical evidence for this but I would assume... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s New Social Liberalism

  

  The United States is famed for the contrast between its socially conservative “bible belt” and the handful of bohemian pockets like San Francisco (to which... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Welcome Display of Principle

  

  Few of the measures announced in the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement were of genuine surprise to observers. George Osborne had made clear his wish to cut... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It’s Progress

  

  It is easy to fall into the trap of being permanently negative about events taking place in the political world. After all,  any believer in social justice in... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Zero-Sum Politics from the Lame Duck 112th Congress

  Reblogged from ePol Keeping It Real: You can usually spot the savvy politicians in Congress. They have a keen sense of the congressional landscape of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Paying for Osborne’s Mistakes

  

  Yesterday’s Autumn Statement was shamelessly populist, and clearly designed to set a political trap for Labour. And though George (nee Gideon) Osborne... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY