In a recent post, I discussed what is in philosophy termed ‘the hard problem’. I did so in the context of recent discussion on ADHD.
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The madness of monetary policy has to end
As the FT notes this morning: The Panama Canal Authority is to limit the number of daily ship transits from September because of a lack
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Infrographic: Priors
I know we have done these before here, but these infographics go to a much wider audience, and I felt this was worth doing: How
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Will the Bank of England punish us for inflation?
UK inflation is rising again, and the danger is that the Bank of England will respond in exactly the wrong way. Inflation is now 2.9%,
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Do we need a revolution?
Do we need a revolution? This question came up in a podcast I recently recorded with Prof Radhika Desai, which will be published shortly on
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The hard problem
There is a problem at the heart of the current debate about ADHD. Those who question its reality tend to describe it entirely from the
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Infographic: University failure
The question for everyone going to university this autumn is not whether you will get to the end of your course, but whether your university
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Debate Ammunition: Can the USA Go Bust?
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION Can the USA Go Bust? Funding the Future | August 2026 Topic Whether the US government can
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Will the USA go bust?
There is speculation everywhere, including in the Financial Times, that the USA might go bust within ten years, and that the day of the dollar
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