Bitcoin must die

The UN this week released a report urging world governments to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of the coming climate catastrophe. It is no longer a case of whether catastrophe is coming. It is just a matter of how bad it will get. When tackling any problem two approaches can be taken, which…

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Evidence-based policy

I heard earlier on the news that Alan Johnson has sacked David Nutt as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, after he published this paper criticising the current drugs classification policy in the UK. To someone who has been following what passes for debate in this area for years, Professor Nutt…