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James Herbert

The impact of 20 years of nation-building in Afghanistan

I wanted to see the impact of the past 20 years of effort by the US and its allies to improve the situation in Afghanistan.

Aug 24, 2021

The impact of 20 years of nation-building in Afghanistan

Aug 24, 2021

James Herbert

Piketty and DiEM25: Why DiEM25 Needs to get Radical About Redistribution

Roughly one year ago I was lucky enough to attend a lecture given by Thomas Piketty at the Central European University in Budapest. He was…

Sep 15, 2019

Piketty and DiEM25: Why DiEM25 Needs to get Radical About Redistribution

Sep 15, 2019

James Herbert

British Prime Ministers and their Backgrounds: 1945–2018

I’m interested in the backgrounds of political elites. I’d love to see a study of how this varies around the world. E.g., BAs or BScs, law…

Jan 6, 2019

British Prime Ministers and their Backgrounds: 1945–2018

Jan 6, 2019

James Herbert

On the migrant crisis

This evening, Jacqueline Bhabha delivered a lecture at CEU as part of the Rethinking Open Society project. The title of her lecture was…

Mar 28, 2018

Mar 28, 2018

James Herbert

The Tragedy of the 23rd

Monday was a national holiday in Hungary, a celebration of the nation’s 1956 attempt to regain sovereignty from Soviet tutelage…

Oct 28, 2017

The Tragedy of the 23rd

Oct 28, 2017

James Herbert

How to campaign for Labour: 3 steps

There’s little more than a week to go until voting day and Labour are making huge gains on the Conservatives. When Theresa May called the…

May 30, 2017

How to campaign for Labour: 3 steps

May 30, 2017

James Herbert

How to spend less time on Facebook: 5 steps

I didn’t like how much time I was spending on social media, and I particularly disliked how much time I was spending on Facebook. I’d tried…

Apr 26, 2017

How to spend less time on Facebook: 5 steps

Apr 26, 2017

James Herbert

Natural Sciences vs Social Sciences

Which is the best method for gathering knowledge? For arriving at objective truths? Is it the social sciences or the natural sciences? Why…

Sep 9, 2016

Sep 9, 2016

James Herbert
in
The Study

Fancy a Master’s? Give Holland a Holler

Got a degree? Don’t want to become a real person? Perhaps you can’t even figure out how to become a real person? I have the solution. Study…

Sep 4, 2016

Sep 4, 2016

James Herbert
in
The Study

Last Night…

Last night I read John Gray’s preface to Bertrand Russel’s Sceptical Essays (read it for free here). It left me a little worried. Gray sets…

Jan 24, 2015

Last Night…

Jan 24, 2015

James Herbert

James Herbert

Born in Northumberland, studied liberal arts in the UK and then philosophy in Netherlands, now in Amsterdam working on sustainable urban development projects.

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