David Marquand
Articles by David Marquand
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The Spectre at the Feast: Capitalist Crisis and the Politics of Recession
- 11 June 2009
Periodic deep crisis is fundamental to capitalism. And until we recognise that creative destruction is the terrifying essence ofthe system, we are doomed to repeat needless errors.
Books
The twilight zone
- 23 April 2009
- 3 comments
A new study of Britain in the 1970s argues that there was more to the decade than a slow slide towards Thatcherism. But not very much more, feels David Marquand
UK Politics
The warrior woman
- 26 February 2009
- 8 comments
Three decades on, David Marquand examines the social and economic consequences of the Thatcher revolution
UK Politics
The scapegoat
- 18 September 2008
- 4 comments
The party could have been in no doubt about what it was getting when Gordon Brown was elected unopposed. But for all the backbiting no one is offering an intellectually inspiring new political idea
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Unfit for purpose
- 29 May 2008
- 3 comments
The health of our leaders is important to them - but even more so to us. But, as a new study shows, at critical times our politicians' ability to take decisions has been seriously compromised - and then covered up.
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How did we get here?
- 10 April 2008
- 3 comments
After ten years of new Labour in power, the academics and commentators have been taking stock. David Marquand argues that it is the unintended and still unpredictable consequences of its constitutional changes that will be seen as its most damaging legacy
UK Politics
Lib-Lab rides again
- 21 February 2008
Labour talks of "fusing" social democracy with liberalism but today's progressives need to discover the two traditions always had strong common roots
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Accidental hero
- 06 December 2007
- 11 comments
For 150 years, John Stuart Mill has been the intellectual icon of the British left - but his ideas address few of the problems we face today.
UK Politics
The creator
- 20 September 2007
- 3 comments
At the heart of Gordon Brown's popularity is the fact he is not Tony Blair. Here David Marquand suggests the new PM is stealthily re-creating new Labour in his own image
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The pitfalls of pride
- 30 August 2007
- 1 comment
David Marquand asks whether hubris is an occupational hazard for modern politicians. Should we be quicker to diagnose a condition with such disastrous consequences?
