The Critic Essay
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Death throes of a dictatorship?
Amid war and discontent, military rule in Myanmar is faltering
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin