Will Hutton
@williamnhutton
Political economist, author, Observer columnist, President of the Academy of Social Sciences and host of the We Society podcast. All views are my own!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/willhutton 24-11-2009 23:44:01
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Powerful critique of all those who one way or another indulge the rioters. UK needs no lessons from apologists for rioters via Financial Times on.ft.com/3yNAF6L
America needs to learn the terrifying lesson of the British riots. This was Musk’s trial balloon for the US election. The prospect of political violence is real. And Musk’s behaviour is a warning shot of what’s to come. My piece for The Observer theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Powerful discussion on hate crime - more than half a million incidents a year - that we recorded before the recent riots. The crucial importance of contesting it, the necessary bravery and challenging the AI algorithms the platforms use to drive traffic. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…
Important column from a former adviser to Rishi Sunak. Be sure the Tories will heed none of his advice - why they are in such a deep hole. Tory leadership hopefuls must face some hard truths via Financial Times on.ft.com/3XiknMX
The Saturday FT is an extraordinary regular feast of great journalism. Todays piece from the magazine is just another example, but there is always something like this. Superb. Who really murdered Pier Paolo Pasolini? via Financial Times on.ft.com/47gVzIB
Churchill’s Tory party earned national legitimacy through initiatives like a national food service. His successors today despise it as the nanny state - lost the plot. Calls for return of Churchill’s national restaurant service to tackle food inequality theguardian.com/society/articl…
Universities in financial crisis cannot be allowed to fail - the government line they are on their own and can go bust is unsustainable. The economic and educational consequences are too profound. Universities, like banks, are too big to fail via Financial Times on.ft.com/3XCwZ1D