Reading for Battle

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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How British Pound Weakness Against Euro and Dollar Will Help the Economy Navigate Brexit
Capital Economics argue that the depreciation of the pound is an important reason why the economic effects of a vote to leave the EU might be smaller than the gloomier pre-referendum predictions suggested.
Gary Howes, PoundSterling Live, 8 July 2016

Blockchain: the answer to life, the universe and everything?
Bitcoin hasn’t lived up to the salvation rhetoric, but the digital engine behind the currency may be about to change the world
Alex Hern, Guardian, 7 July 2016

Turning parliament against The People
Luke Gittos, spiked, 5 July 2016

Don’t abuse the Brexit litigants: their action shows that we live in a free country
Matthew Scott, BarristerBlogger, 5 July 2016

A Europe without hope turns to culture
Catarina Falcão, Observador, 2 July 2016

Donald Trump Can’t Make America Great Again Because That Requires Greatness
Donald Trump has hit upon our rage but can’t he remedy it, because he embodies the corruption his supporters despise.
James Poulos, Federalist, 1 July 2016

How to heal a country divided by Brexit
We have to step out of our echo chambers and listen, even if we don’t like what we hear
Sally Newall, Indepenent, 30 June 2016

Brexit: Farmers who backed Leave now regret vote over subsidy fears
Parliament warned dropping funding for farming will 'collapse the fabric of rural society'
Harriet Sinclair, Independent, 30 June 2016

Post-truth politics is driving us mad
Ian Dunt, Politics.co.uk, 29 June 2016

What Brexit means for British food
For the first time since the Second World War, Britain’s ability to feed itself is in question.
Bee Wilson, New Yorker, 28 June 2016


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