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About Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks has degrees in philosophy and economics, and has worked for several years in a London investment bank. He is currently a member of the Social Policy team at the Institute for Public Policy Research.

Articles by Richard Brooks

Tuesday 7th August

The politics of freedom

Their second electoral defeat has seen the Conservatives embrace a language of freedom – over drugs and censorship as well as hunting. The Labour government, cast as illiberal during its first term, seems less interested in the issue. This is a mistake: convincing people that the state can enlarge people’s freedom will be a vital task of Labour’s second term.
Wednesday 13th June

Wanted: clear minds on divided lives

The British election campaign is no time for philosophical argument. Even so, Tony Blair explicitly rejected the idea that overall growing inequality should diminish. A bleary-eyed young Millbank organiser emerges into the sunlight to ask: can the left afford to agree with him?
Wednesday 16th May

Worcester - the city surveyed

And are there Big Macs still for tea? Richard Brooks returns from exile to take the pulse of the city that spawned a cliché.
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