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Stories from Britain and elsewhere confirming the social and economic benefits of keeping politicians and their cronies out of the trade and business of ordinary people.

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Hair by Hair

By William Cobbett

Governments must not use ‘the good of society’ as an excuse to run our lives.

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Posted December 31 2024

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Keep Room for Me in Your Heart

By Guiseppi Garibaldi

Guiseppi Garibaldi treasured the memory of a visit to Tyneside.

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Posted December 27 2024

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Picking on Cotton

By William Lecky

The politicians of Georgian England went to surprising lengths to shield domestic businesses from overseas competition.

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Posted December 10 2024

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Excess Postage

By Sir Rowland Hill

Rowland Hill calculated that a lower, flatter rate of postage would not only make the public better off and better read, but increase the Revenue.

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Posted October 16 2023

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Question More

By NL Clay

Ordinary people put too much faith in the judgment of experts, which is bad for us and bad for the experts.

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Posted June 19 2023

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The Rochdale Pioneers

By Isa Nicholson

In 1843, a group of working men gathered in Rochdale to discuss how to ease the cost of living for their families, and the Co-op was born.

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Posted June 12 2023

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Ye Children, Hearken Unto Me David, fresh from another close encounter with Saul’s men, shares his advice for living a charmed life.

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