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Essays, aphorisms, quotes and poems


Citizenship and Higher Purpose

A quote from Beth Mount the inventor of person-centred planning.

The Medicine We Bring

It seems that society doesn't always want to take its medicine.

How to Make a Life

Modern economic and social theory has failed to capture this important dimension of citizenship.

Reflections on William Beveridge

At the foundation of the welfare state it was clear that Beveridge was under the same pressure to 'patch' as we too have faced ever since he designed it.

Adam Smith on Celebrity

A quote from the ‘Theory of Moral Sentiments’.

Spartan Tax Rates

Can we make comparisons today?

On the Mystery of the Incarnation

With thanks to John O'Brien for sharing this poem.

The Tyranny of the Medianocracy

Aristotle feared that democracy might become the rule of the mob, the demos. He saw their short-sighted, wilfulness as a threat to good order.