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Reinventing the State reprinted

I’m very pleased to say that Reinventing the State: Social Liberalism for the 21st Century has been reprinted with the first print run having sold out. The editors (myself, Duncan Brack and David Howarth) have taken the opportunity to relate the book to recent events by including a new foreword which explains why we think the ideas contained in the book are more relevant than ever. Among other points, we have said:

The collapse of the banking system worldwide has revealed the ultimate dependence of what had previously appeared to be free-standing market relationships on straightforwardly state institutions, such

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  • Roland
    @martin - I think we are violently agreeing, my point was not to provide a “definition” but to illustrate the words carried differing baggage and thus valid...
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  • Tristan
    Too much of th discussion assumes money belongs to the government that does the taxation, rather than to the people who are taxed. Ultimately tax is compulsor...
  • Joe Bourke
    Aggregate spending in the economy equates to GDP i.e. National income or what is produced. What is produced (including public services) is determined by the pro...
  • Simon R
    I think this article is correct in pointing out that you can't spend money without raising the money first, and is also correct to call out the damaging way tha...