"The Revolution of Civil Society"   New Book by Michael Lloyd From Locke to Hayek to Trump: The Trail of Neo-liberalism and the Need for a New Social Enlightenment How Did We Get Neoliberalism? John Locke was a philosopher of the British Enlightenment in the 17th century. His views, together with his Scottish contemporary, Adam Smith, ushered in the concepts of liberal individualism and the unmediated, by human Read More

Preliminary Remarks Perhaps the most startling aspect of the result of the 2016 referendum has been the alacrity with which politicians and the media have interpreted the result as a 'decision' of the UK to leave the EU and as the 'unchallengeable will of the British people'. Both these positions ignore two salient facts. First, no constitutional decision has yet been made. Any such decision is for the UK government and UK Read More

Greece and the Eurozone: Problems and Implications for the EU. The recent, successfully concluded, initial renegotiations on the conditions of the previously agreed ‘bail out’ provisions for Greece, have been problematic for all parties concerned. Nor is it clear what exactly has been agreed or not agreed and what might be anticipated as the end-game in June 2015. Partly the reason for the confusion has been procedural Read More