Opinion

Friday 20/May/2016 16:05 PM

Did bombing Hiroshima save Japanese lives?

"Yoshikado-sensei said, 'They're still there. Spear them! Spear them!' and it was really fun. I was tired, but I realised that even one...

Thursday 19/May/2016 10:02 AM

So to speak: Unsolicited opinions

I have no problems with people who think they know too much only if they could keep their opinions to themselves. I bumped into an old acquaintance last...

Wednesday 18/May/2016 18:01 PM

Why gun rights in US keep expanding

There’s a quiet revolution going on in the constitutional law of guns. Since the Supreme Court declared gun ownership a fundamental right less than a...

Wednesday 18/May/2016 17:38 PM

The evidence on education reforms

It is almost universally agreed that more education is good for society. But it turns out that some popular educational policies achieve very little, while...

Wednesday 18/May/2016 17:11 PM

Poland's economic nationalism may be viable

Poland has avoided a credit rating downgrade from Moody's, and the latest assessment of its economic policies from the International Monetary Fund is...

Tuesday 17/May/2016 16:55 PM

What’s wrong with executive compensation?

It’s annual general meeting (AGM) season for public companies around the world, and, as in previous years, one issue has been moving company news from the...

Tuesday 17/May/2016 16:41 PM

Why China doesn't care about privacy

For a few days last week, China appeared to have its own, slow-motion Wikileaks. Via Twitter, someone using the handle @shenfenzheng leaked personal...