What are the arguments? I tried to do as much justice as possible to the anti-hangers on this IntelligenceSquared written debate - click through the image below for the detail. Laying it out like this, with every concession made to the anti's and wanting to give them the best arguments they can have makes it quite clear the type of politics the anti's are defending: managerial, anti-democratic and ultimately tinged with authoritarianism. (The full text is here, or click on the image below).
The Pursuit of Happiness: Can We Have an Economy of Well-Being?, Carol Graham
Happiness and Uncertainty, Chris Groves
National wellbeing: the ‘personalisation of the public interest’?, William Davies
A Netvibes page with all the blog feeds you need to know what they're writing about the crisis
Group Read: Energy without Hot Air
The Liberty of the Networked, Tony Curzon Price: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
