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Nick Pearce Articles

Equality in ownership

Housebuilding and taxes must come centre-stage The argument for widely spread asset-ownership is a politically ecumenical one. On the left, a radical tradition of supporting equality in property ownership can be traced back to Tom Paine, via a host of thinkers such as...
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Missing link

‘Milibandism’ is largely silent on Labour’s approach to public service reform. It should not be, says Nick Pearce Dominating any discussion about Labour’s approach to public services is the overwhelming, undeniably brute reality of the fiscal context it will face if...
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Letter from … Stockholm

After a difficult decade, the Swedish social democrats have set clear priorities and are riding high in the polls, finds Nick Pearce For many years in Britain admiration for the ‘Swedish model’ was a preserve of the left. That started to change in 2006, when the...
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Think Tank

The Adam Smith Institute arrived unannounced in the late 1970s, heralding the collapse of the postwar Keynesian consensus and the birth of a new order with sharp, boldly designed and pithily titled pamphlets. Its name became synonymous with the radical leading edge of...
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