3 Reasons to be suspicious of the inequality debate
My concerns with the inequality debate are twofold: The poor are seldom rescued from poverty by redistribution. Raising taxes on the rich to bolster welfare payments increases dependence of the latter...
View ArticleTom Devine: Why I now say yes to independence for Scotland
Tom Devine, Scotland’s most celebrated historian of recent years, reveals why he now intends to vote in favor of independence on September 18: I come from a Labour background that includes my...
View ArticleScottish Independence | Cato @ Liberty
From David Boaz: Some scholars argue that the Act of Union in 1707 made the Scots part of a larger and more advanced nation and opened the way to the Scottish Enlightenment of David Hume, Adam Smith,...
View ArticleDavid Cameron can’t help the No campaign…. | The Guardian
Charle Brooker on David Cameron and Scotland’s independence referendum: Cameron can’t help here, of course. In Scotland, David Cameron is less popular than Windows 8. He’s the physical embodiment of...
View ArticleThe Scottish Question Has Not Been Answered
Peter Geoghegan writes on the impact of further devolution in Scotland: At present, England has no devolved legislature similar to Scotland’s. Instead, all laws for England are made at Westminster....
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