United Kingdom
How the IMF Got Its Keynesian Groove Back
In a speech before Parliament last month, British Prime Minister David Cameron posed a rhetorical question as he harangued the opposition Labour Party: “Is there a single other mainstream party anywhere in Europe who thinks the answer to the debt problem is more spending and more borrowing?” READ MORE >>
Another Dutch Treat
Critics of health care reform frequently warn that it will reduce the quality of medical care in this country, by stifling innovation and handing more control over to government bureaucrats. And to back up their case they like to cite the state of health care in Europe, which is supposedly inferior. But that argument really isn’t very persuasive – and a big reason is the state of primary health care here and abroad. READ MORE >>
Working in the Dark
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius By Sylvia Nasar (Simon & Schuster, 558 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
The Trouble With Neutrality
A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War By Amanda Foreman (Random House, 958 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
Britain’s Embarrassing Collective Response to the London Riots
With the passing consolations of a royal wedding and a triumph at cricket, England endures a turbulent summer, as riots sweep through the cities, newspapers fulminate, and politicians pontificate. Yes, 1981 seems almost like yesterday—which makes it eerier that history should repeat itself just 30 years on. READ MORE >>
TNR Film Classic: 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (1939)
It's the Austerity, Stupid
[Guest post by Simon van Zuylen-Wood] READ MORE >>
America’s Age of Austerity May Look a Lot Like London’s
I've never thought of it this way before, but Dan Balz pithily explains that the culture of newspapers versus television news in the U.K. is essentially the reverse of the American arrangement: READ MORE >>
