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Justin Reynolds

Is the unexamined life worth living? - considering Aristophanes’ The Clouds

Though often crude and unfair the Greek dramatist’s sendup of Socrates and his school raises important questions about the wisdom of the…

Apr 5

Is the unexamined life worth living? - considering Aristophanes’ The Clouds

Apr 5

Justin Reynolds

The aesthetics of power: thoughts on Machiavelli

Even in today’s cynical age Niccolo Machiavelli’s disturbing treatise goes too far

Mar 7

The aesthetics of power: thoughts on Machiavelli

Mar 7

Justin Reynolds

A Century of Labour: a review

Jon Cruddas’s outstanding new intellectual biography of the Labour party highlights three traditions that continue to compete for the…

Feb 27

A Century of Labour: a review

Feb 27

Justin Reynolds

Dreams of the ideal city: reconciling the market and the republic

Smith and Rousseau on the tensions between the market and the good society

Feb 27

Dreams of the ideal city: reconciling the market and the republic

Feb 27

Justin Reynolds

Lessons from 1924: remembering the first Labour government

A new book tells the political — and human — drama of the labour movement’s first administration

Feb 26

Lessons from 1924: remembering the first Labour government

Feb 26

Justin Reynolds

Reconstructing Britain, then and now

A new history of Clement Attlee’s legendary 1945 administration holds lessons for a Labour party preparing to govern in tough times

Feb 26

Reconstructing Britain, then and now

Feb 26

Justin Reynolds

Covenant: rediscovering a conservatism that goes beyond the market

An eloquent essay by Conservative MP Danny Kruger goes back to the One Nation tradition to find a way forward for British conservatism

Feb 26

Covenant: rediscovering a conservatism that goes beyond the market

Feb 26

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The Patient Investor

Backing sustainable investment against the backlash

The relatively poor performance of green funds has punctured the inflated claims made for them, and highlighted long-standing design…

Aug 11, 2023

Backing sustainable investment against the backlash

Aug 11, 2023

Justin Reynolds
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The Patient Investor

Should passive investments be taxed?

Are index funds parasites free-riding on the active stock pickers who do the hard work of identifying value? One controversial proposal…

Jul 16, 2023

Should passive investments be taxed?

Jul 16, 2023

Justin Reynolds
in
The Patient Investor

What would a Labour government mean for investors?

Investors seem to have little to fear from a Starmer administration keen to emphasise its commitment to fiscal responsibility

Jul 5, 2023

What would a Labour government mean for investors?

Jul 5, 2023

Justin Reynolds

Justin Reynolds

A writer living in Norfolk. Essays on philosophy, theology politics, economics, finance and history. Twitter @_justinwriter.

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