Don’t nudge – say it as it is about public services
Friday, July 24th, 2009‘Nudge’ by Thaler & Sunstein is one of the in books of the moment. I agree with this (page 10): The false assumption is that
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For the record: the public sector does add value
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009I knew it would happen: I just say the public sector adds value and the far right come out in force accusing me of every
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Time to smell the coffee about pay
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009This letter in the Guardian needs reproducing in full: There is an urban myth that all pay in the private sector is frozen, and so
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Too small is not efficient
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Schools accused of wasting £1bn every year | Education | The Guardian . Billions of pounds pumped into schools by Labour have remained unspent or
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One way to save billions
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009As the Guardian reported at the beginning of this month: As much as £2.4bn could be saved if the NHS bought out the private finance
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Why not a referendum David?
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009David Cameron has rejected calls for proportional representation. But actually those leading the call for it (and I am one of them) have not asked
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I don’t believe David Cameron
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009David Cameron has said: One of the most important things in your life — the education of your children — is largely out of your
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Why utilities need to be in public ownership
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009I argued on Sunday that: The sheer folly of thinking that the Royal Mail could be privatised was always madness. It is a utility. These
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Conflicts of interest are destroying our economies
Monday, February 16th, 2009There’s a classic in the Irish Times this morning: IT IS probably unfair to pick just one example of the conflicts that are rife among
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