Oliver Hartwich
Oliver Hartwich
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The populist wants you to feel. The algorithm wants you to click. One of the most subversive acts left is to sit still … and think
Jan 06 2026
10 mins
How could a nation so intelligent be so blind? The answer is unsettling. This is not a mistake. It is a relapse
Dec 08 2025
10 mins
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A government that weakens the link between welfare and work condemns its successors to the impossible task of re-establishing incentives to hold a job
Nov 19 2025
9 mins
Brace yourself: a leading New Zealand think-tank wants a knowledge-rich curriculum for schools. Apparently this is a gross scandal
Oct 21 2025
10 mins
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Brace yourself: a leading New Zealand think-tank wants a knowledge-rich curriculum for schools. Apparently this is a gross scandal
Oct 01 2025
10 mins
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Citizenship for many in the West has come to mean voting, perhaps, but without any meaningful grasp of constitutional values
Jul 07 2025
10 mins
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The ideas that will transform our nations may be written in languages we have yet to learn
Jun 26 2025
7 mins
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Our cities and housing market remain captive to a planning orthodoxy as resilient as it is hopelessly out of date
May 19 2025
10 mins
Let the United States isolate itself behind tariff walls. It is free to do so, damaging as it is. It is my hope we will not choose not to copy it
Apr 24 2025
3 mins
