Martin O'Neill
Martin O’Neill is a political philosopher, based at the Centre for Political Theory in the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester. He has previously taught at Cambridge and Harvard, and is writing a book on Corporations and Social Justice.
Articles by Martin O'Neill
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International Politics
Politics of proton smashing
- 17 September 2008
- 15 comments
The UK taxpayer has contributed around £500 million to the development of the Large Hadron Collider. So, the question is, do we get the right kind of bang for our bucks?
Economy
The cost of a windfall
- 18 August 2008
- 2 comments
Martin O'Neill explores the case for an energy windfall tax - and finds the potential impact on both the economy and the consumer a high price to pay
Health
What is quality of life?
- 12 August 2008
- 3 comments
The challenge of deciding how we should decide who deserves treatment from an NHS of finite resources. Martin O'Neill on whether the body responsible, NICE, gets it right
UK Politics
42 days
- 09 June 2008
- 10 comments
If reducing liberties through extending pre-charge detention does not help the police, ruins innocent lives, and alienates minority communities, there is no gain
UK Politics
Disfigured by class
- 30 April 2008
- 25 comments
The very fact that Boris Johnson could appear to be a plausible candidate for Mayor of London shows us that our society is still disfigured by problems of social class, argues Martin O'Neill
Economy
When it pays to be crazy
- 25 March 2008
- 4 comments
In the irrational, out-of-control world of the financial markets, acting rationally loses money rather than making it
Life & Society
Echoes of Enoch Powell
- 10 March 2008
- 24 comments
Rivers of Blood, multiculturalism and the BBC - Martin O'Neill on a film that's part of the BBC's White Season
UK Politics
The politics of leisure
- 25 February 2008
- 2 comments
In 1193 a chronicler warned London on May Day was overrun with drunken “stage-players, druggists, lustful persons [and] extortionists”. More fun than Brown's British Day...
Books
Trouble brewing
- 21 February 2008
- 1 comment
Starbucked: a Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce and Culture Taylor Clark Sceptre, 336pp, £12.99
Life & Society
Attack on secularism
- 09 February 2008
- 24 comments
Rowan Williams' comments on sharia law are dangerous nonsense, and insult Brtain's Muslims, argues Martin O'Neill
