Which is why nobody has found a model of political economy that beats well-regulated capitalism with market mechanisms in place to prevent competitive monopolies from forming, and social and product … (View Post)

A capitalist system with the right regulatory incentives and disincentives to force innovation and behavioural change. Otherwise we end up stuck with the technology of the 1800s, complete with biolog… (View Post)

Good morning from the 07.13 to Manchester Piccadilly. At a guess I’d say roughly half of the passengers are heading to the Tory conference. Among them are many examples of a very particular type: the… (View Post)

I’m intrigued to see what morale is like at this year’s conference. I’m there tomorrow doing a panel and a round table. Last year in Birmingham was a surprisingly jolly affair, as if the weight of go… (View Post)

This discussion gives me an excuse to post my daily picture, from dinner last night at a place called Da Vinci in Earlsdon, a suburb of Coventry. It’s a restaurant deliberately preserved in aspic ove… (View Post)