Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Banks are one of Britain’s great assets but they have lost their way; we must urgently inject some real capitalism back into the City.
Allister Heath, Daily Telegraph, 23 July 2012
How can India make its economic relations with China less lopsided?
Economist, 30 June 2012
Growth has brought foreigners, and foreigners have brought growth
Economist, 30 June 2012
Joseph Stiglitz, Allen Lane, 28 June 2012
Like the market for skin care products, the market for credentials is inexhaustible: as the bachelor’s degree becomes democratized, the master’s degree becomes mandatory for advancement.
The Editors, n+1, 19 June 2012
Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson, Palgrave Macmillan, 14 June 2012
Peter Marsh, Yale University Press, 25 May 2012
The radical Greek leftists, along with Hollande in France, pose as anti-austerity yet promote ideas which will condemn Europe to long-term penury.
Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 16 May 2012
The 'magic' of digital manufacturing could transform our homes and the industries that serve them. But at what cost?
John Naughton, Guardian, 13 May 2012
Risk, regulation and red tape
"Battle of Ideas could be called Search for Truth. Mundane consensus and conventional wisdom are the enemies of truth. Happily, neither of those are available at the Battle."
George Pitcher, journalist; Anglican priest, St Bride's Church, Fleet Street