Economy

"...But in an interview with The Scotsman, Phillip Blond, one of the chief architects of David Cameron's "big society" concept, argues that this manifesto is the way to replace "the Thatcher settlement" and its child Blairism, "the fake third way"..."

"...What if Blond is right — that we’ve wrongly shifted from a civil state to one that is market driven. Is that wrong? Is it any different? The answer was in our own back yard when we published Tony Koorlander’s In Banking, Probity And Insanity Are Easily Intertwined, on March 15th. Among Koorlander’s points was a connection between Blond’s market-state and Koorlander’s sense of moral punishment by banks who charge outrageous fees and interest rates..."

"...Britain is always going to be more hospitable to communitarian politics than the more libertarian U.S. But people are social creatures here, too. American society has been atomized by the twin revolutions here, too. This country, too, needs a fresh political wind. America, too, is suffering a devastating crisis of authority. The only way to restore trust is from the local community on up..."