Category Archives: libertarians

Coronavirus diary: the Freeloader Problem

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Miles King

It’s Magic Monday, or Happy Monday or whatever new slogan has been dreamt up by Dom Cummings and his Vote Leave team in Downing Street to distract us. How quickly things change. Just last December Cummings and his libertarian band … Continue reading →

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IEA may end up gagging on its own sock puppet

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Miles King

  Charities are to be banned from using “tax payers’ money” to influence Parliament, Government or Political Parties, the so called “sock puppet” issue. The Government has decided to introduce this change in legislation, as a result of a campaign … Continue reading →

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More tales from Natural Capital Wonderland: Woodlands and Badgers

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Miles King

“What’s the economic value of woodlands in the UK? Hmm? Come on, I haven’t got all day. Yes, you at the back there   – £720 Billion you say? That sounds like a made up figure.” An imagined conversation perhaps, but … Continue reading →

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Ecomodernists split over links with neoliberals and libertarians

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Miles King

Ecomodernist Mark Lynas was rather rueful in his Guardian article yesterday, where he openly regretted having agreed to speak at Owen Paterson’s UK2020 “thinktank”, alongside ecovandal Paterson and his libertarian brother in law “rational optimist” Viscount Matt Ridley. He described … Continue reading →

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