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The Organic Tory: February 2014
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. Economic Laws Trump Political Prestidigitation. 8216;It is the highest impertinence and presumption . in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the œconomy of private people,’ observed Adam Smith. ‘If their own extravagance does not ruin the state, that of their subjects never will ( Wealth of Nations. The second essay, ‘ Raising the minimum wage while debasing the currency: an illogical economic policy? Smith recognised that ‘...
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The Organic Tory: Ethan Frome’s winter of discontent
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. 8217;s winter of discontent. Fascinated as I am by the writing career of Edith Wharton, when. Announced that her novel,. Ethan Frome , was to be its book club’s December pick, it seemed an ideal opportunity to read it. This short essay records some of my first impressions. Is a sad tale;. The frigid landscape of Ethan Frome. 8217; asks The Austen Chronicle. About taking up Ethan Frome. For Ethan’s obstacles were many, a legion of soul...
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The Organic Tory: July 2014
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. Why Progressive Taxation Abuses Tory Policies for the Common Good. Arguable it is that the traditional Tory is more amenable to the exercise of government and the financial burdens therein assumed than is the Whig; modern conservatism, arising from Burke’s pen and Peel’s practice (under the previous tutelage of Pitt the Younger and the 2. But also through the State offices he assumed. Samuel Johnson, the idiosyncratic Tory par excellence.
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The Organic Tory: December 2012
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. DMI Omnibus Update on Disraeli’s Birthday. While research and writing at DMI continue unabated, I have been remiss at sending out update notices for several published columns over the last several months. And so without further delay — and in honour of Benjamin Disraeli’s 208th birthday! 8212; here are links to recent postings at the Institute of Economic Affairs. And the Adam Smith Institute. To get you caught up:. 8216; America’s Ch...
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The Organic Tory: Year-End Update
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. Before sending 2014 on its way and welcoming with hopeful anticipation the new year, here is a round-up of some essays posted in recent months:. Will America follow Canada’s economic fight against impertinent obstructions? Market independence or business as usual? This essay was published courtesy of the Institute of Economic Affairs. 8217;s winter of discontent. Scrooge: a Christmas capitalist-icon. If any of these essays catch your fancy,...
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The Organic Tory: December 2013
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. While there have been no official DMI updates in a very long time, research has continued apace — although very slowly due to various computer malfunctions and interruptions. Nevertheless, here is a round-up of essays published this year:. If elections have consequences, then so does economics. 8217; — A look at the Laffer Curve, when high marginal tax rates result in lower revenues, not more. Depardieu bids French statists “Adieu! Economic...
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The Organic Tory: Scrooge: a Christmas capitalist-icon
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. Scrooge: a Christmas capitalist-icon. Ebenezer Scrooge has been appropriated by the political left as the poster-child of all that is wrong with capitalist society;. He is, in the words of an employee’s wife, ‘an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man (91)’. Yet we should read him as the hero — for such he is — of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The establishment of Scrooge and Marley, like every profitable enterprise patronised by consum...
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The Organic Tory: November 2014
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. Will America follow Canada’s economic fight against impertinent obstructions? Twenty-six years after the United States and Canada concluded their historic free trade agreement, it may startle some to see how their constituents size up the trading relationship. In a report published last month, Nanos Research. Were citizens asked to describe the socio-economic fabric of their countries, no doubt a plurality of Americans would respond through...
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The Organic Tory: May 2012
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Politics, Society and Culture from DISRAELI-MACDONALD INSTITUTE. From Doctrine to Detail: Why Conservatism Is Doomed. In this week’s essay, I examine some of the implications for British Toryism arising from recent local elections — extrapolating from a Telegraph. Column by Ed West, ‘ Conservatism is doomed. Head for the hills. For my full argument at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Links to this post. Institute of Economic Affairs. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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