Top Stories published by Spontaneous Order in January of 2006

New ways of thinking about education

According to a paid article in the Economist, ‘a quarter of all [British] children leave primary school unable to read and write, the OECD blames low British productivity on the badly educated workers at the bottom of the pile, and since 1997 spending on education has gone up in real terms by 45%, without much to show for it’.


Realisation dawning…

The government is finally coming around and realizing that providing public services for free is not a viable option in the long term.By allowing shops and advertisements in the community toilet facilities, it is rightly bringing in market forces to create sustainable service delivery model…