Governments stand powerless in face of markets

Telegraph - Food prices are rising because the world genuinely is consuming more than it is producing – and running down stocks accordingly. Yet with oil, the exact opposite is true.

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Hedonic Man

New Republic, by Alan Wolfe - Happiness, of course, is anything but a new idea in Western thought. It is, for one thing, the core principle of utilitarianism, the philosophical outlook associated with James Mill and Jeremy Bentham, according to which the most accurate description of human beings is that they seek [...]

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It isn’t the law that has failed the elderly

Telegraph - In Britain, it is perfectly legal to deprive patients of NHS treatment on the grounds that they are too old. That could be about to change, if the Government decides to include the provision of healthcare and other services for the elderly in its new equality Bill.

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