http://socialliberal.net Mon, 21 May 2012 19:43:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/31/review-the-spirit-level-by-richard-wilkinson-and-kate-pickett/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/31/review-the-spirit-level-by-richard-wilkinson-and-kate-pickett/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:16:26 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=309 I read The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better whilst watching the last two seasons of The Wire and so Chris Grayling’s claims last week that parts of the UK were beginning to resemble the Baltimore … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/31/review-the-spirit-level-by-richard-wilkinson-and-kate-pickett/feed/ 17 http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/06/money-talks-a-response-to-david-boyle/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/06/money-talks-a-response-to-david-boyle/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:00:20 +0000 Richard Grayson http://socialliberal.net/?p=208 I very much welcome the challenge laid down by David Boyle to the Social Liberal Forum. Indeed, there is very little in it with which I can disagree. In particular, I share the view held by David that the view … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/06/money-talks-a-response-to-david-boyle/feed/ 5 http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/05/save-us-from-fabianism/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/05/save-us-from-fabianism/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:09:54 +0000 David Boyle http://socialliberal.net/?p=197 This article originally appeared in the April 2009 issue of Liberator Magazine (#332). Liberator have kindly allowed us to reproduce this here, along with Matthew Sowemimo’s accompanying article. We have a new Liberal Democrat think-tank. And when there has been … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/05/save-us-from-fabianism/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/05/reconnecting-with-our-radical-heritage/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/05/reconnecting-with-our-radical-heritage/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:02:13 +0000 Matthew Sowemimo http://socialliberal.net/?p=195 This article, an adaptation of the speech Matthew Sowemimo gave at the Social Liberal Forum fringe meeting at Harrogate Spring Conference in March, originally appeared in the April 2009 issue of Liberator Magazine (#332). Liberator have kindly allowed us to … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/04/05/reconnecting-with-our-radical-heritage/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/20/in-defence-of-broad-church-politics/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/20/in-defence-of-broad-church-politics/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:21:15 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=121 There has been a bit of a debate waging over the past week about “classical (or economic) liberals versus social liberals,” partly due to the launch of the Social Liberal Forum and exacerbated by a recent editorial in Liberator Magazine. … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/20/in-defence-of-broad-church-politics/feed/ 26 http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/12/reinventing-the-state-balancing-the-dominance-of-market-driven-theories/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/12/reinventing-the-state-balancing-the-dominance-of-market-driven-theories/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:25:46 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=36 This article is based on a speech given by Dr Richard Grayson at the Urban Café, Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday 2nd February 2009 (event hosted by Cafe Culture North East). Here, Richard sets out what he believes are distinct … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/12/reinventing-the-state-balancing-the-dominance-of-market-driven-theories/feed/ 10 http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/12/what-is-social-liberalism/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/02/12/what-is-social-liberalism/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:46:47 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=15 By David Howarth This article was originally published in Reinventing the State: Social Liberalism for the 21st Century. We are grateful to David for allowing us to reproduce this article. Sometime in the late nineteenth century, liberalism began to divide … Continue reading →

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