The Econoclasts

Wealth taxes won’t fix Europe

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What's happening today beneath the surface

Wednesday, August 12 Wednesday
Aug 12^th

Debate 18:55

AOC highlights the myth behind egg freezing

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It isn’t an insurance policy but instead the end of the road.

Valerie Stivers

Explainer 16:30

Japan’s decline goes deeper than a falling yen

Philip Patrick

Reaction 10:00

Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin defeat exposes the DSA’s flaws

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 07:00

Britain won’t be a bond market ‘safe haven’ for long

Britain won’t be a bond market ‘safe haven’ for long

Andrew O'Brien

Tuesday, August 11 Tuesday
Aug 11^th

Debate 18:00

Synagogue security risk stems from progressive antisemitism

David Masciotra

Reaction 16:00

Reform UK’s El Salvador deportation scheme will backfire

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Humiliation and harsh conditions are the point of Bukele’s punitive populism.

David Agren

News 13:15

Cambridge Vice-Chancellor found liable for silencing whistleblower

Cambridge Vice-Chancellor found liable for silencing whistleblower

Rob Lownie

Online 10:00

Myspace’s comeback could counter social media slop

Katherine Dee

Analysis 07:00

Does Andy Burnham have an Islamism problem?

Arthur Reynolds

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Welcome to Fortress Iran

Welcome to Fortress Iran Mojtaba Khamenei is building a hardened, confrontational state

Arta Moeini

7 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:00am

We need to talk about Fight Club

We need to talk about Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

7 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:04am

Has Nigel Farage become a laughing stock?

Has Nigel Farage become a laughing stock?

Alwyn Turner

5 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:01am

We need to talk about Fight Club

We need to talk about Fight Club My book gave lost boys a father figure

Chuck Palahniuk

7 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:04am

Has Nigel Farage become a laughing stock?

Has Nigel Farage become a laughing stock? The Clacton by-election is dishonorable

Alwyn Turner

5 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:01am

We need to talk about Fight Club

We need to talk about Fight Club My book gave lost boys a father figure

Chuck Palahniuk

7 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:04am

Has Nigel Farage become a laughing stock?

Has Nigel Farage become a laughing stock? The Clacton by-election is dishonorable

Alwyn Turner

5 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Wednesday, August 12 Wednesday
Aug 12^th

Reaction 13:00

Burnham’s vape shop crackdown won’t save the high street

Niall Gooch

Monday, August 10 Monday
Aug 10^th

Explainer 13:00

Police forces are preparing for a showdown with Andy Burnham

Dominic Adler

Sunday, August 9 Sunday
Aug 9^th

Debate 08:00

Kemi Badenoch’s foreign social housing ban doesn’t make sense

James Sean Dickson

Friday, August 7 Friday
Aug 7^th

Debate 07:00

Samantha Niblett is promoting a false trans narrative

Joan Smith

Thursday, August 6 Thursday
Aug 6^th

Analysis 10:00

Burnham’s borrowing plan won’t fix Britain’s economy

Andrew O'Brien

Reaction 07:00

Jason Arday affair masks a deeper university crisis

Jason Arday affair masks a deeper university crisis

Philip Cunliffe

Tuesday, August 4 Tuesday
Aug 4^th

Analysis 13:00

Don’t be fooled by Burnham’s prisoner release reform

Dominic Adler

Monday, August 3 Monday
Aug 3^rd

Explainer 07:00

Rupert Lowe can save the Right by sacrificing himself

George Spencer

Sunday, August 2 Sunday
Aug 2^nd

Debate 08:00

Labour doesn’t need a female-only leadership race

Victoria Smith

Saturday, August 1 Saturday
Aug 1^st

Explainer 13:00

Reform UK has no plan after Nigel Farage

Reform UK has no plan after Nigel Farage

Peter Franklin

Andy Burnham’s grooming gang hypocrisy

Justice

Andy Burnham’s grooming gang hypocrisy Will he continue to ignore victims?

Maggie Oliver

5 mins

Aug 13 2026 - 12:02am

Blame Jesus for Jason Arday

Blame Jesus for Jason Arday His Cambridge college preaches the managerialist gospel

George Owers

6 mins

Aug 12 2026 - 12:01am

Don’t let grifters kill the university

Higher Education

Don’t let grifters kill the university Academia remains an engine of prosperity

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Aug 11 2026 - 12:03am

Can Britain survive its petty-crime wave?

Low-trust society

Can Britain survive its petty-crime wave? Chaos follows complacency

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

Aug 11 2026 - 12:02am

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The Econoclasts Wealth taxes won’t fix Europe

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Kathleen Stock The scandal of Jason Arday

The Econoclasts China's hidden economic crisis

The Econoclasts Andy Burnham is misjudging Britain’s real crisis

Politics

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07.22 2026

Are Britain’s prisons beyond saving?

06.29 2026

Andy Burnham’s devolution drive is hollow

06.27 2026

How Andy Burnham cracked vibes politics

How Europe conquered Hungary

How Europe conquered Hungary

Thomas Fazi

8 mins

The great mayoralty swindle

The great mayoralty swindle

Jonny Ball

7 mins

Ross Barkan Zohran Mamdani is just the beginning

Monday, August 10 Monday
Aug 10^th

Debate 18:50

AOC can’t escape ‘Woke One’

AOC can’t escape ‘Woke One’

Michael Baharaeen

Reaction 16:00

Britain is unprepared for Putin’s naval escalation

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The Kremlin has spied an opportunity to provoke Britain.

Bethany Elliott

Analysis 10:00

Netanyahu’s rejection of Gaza peace plan is a bid to save his career

David Swift

Exclusive 07:00

Jason Arday taught me. Here’s what I learned

Jason Arday taught me. Here’s what I learned

Fiona Brown

Why fashion falls for fascists

Why fashion falls for fascists Anna Wintour shouldn’t honor John Galliano

Ari Hoffman

6 mins

Aug 12 2026 - 12:00am

Can Burnham banish Maggie's ghost? She’s the root of Labour’s woes

Jonny Ball

7 mins

May 25 2026 - 12:00am

Inside the capture of the BBC How transgenderism killed impartiality

Rob Burley

38 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:02am

The Econoclasts The war on populism is backfiring

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The Odyssey as AI allegory

The Odyssey as AI allegory Agamemnon’s heirs are in Silicon Valley

Yanis Varoufakis

8 mins

Aug 12 2026 - 12:04am

Weekend Spotlight

The twilight of the intellectual dark web Heterodox thinkers have become circus acts

B. Duncan Moench

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:10am

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
UnHerd is for people who dare to think for themselves.

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‘Woke One’ derailed my life

The Left

‘Woke One’ derailed my life AOC can’t laugh off its excesses

Ryan Zickgraf

5 mins

Aug 11 2026 - 12:02am

Sunday, August 9 Sunday
Aug 9^th

Explainer 18:30

Religious education has become a US culture war flashpoint

John Murawski

Debate 16:00

Do blokes still have a place in British politics?

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Being seen as ‘one of the lads’ signalled authenticity to large swathes of the electorate.

Finlay McLaren

Reaction 13:00

Big Tech fines won’t make the internet safer

Kristina Murkett

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

Can SNL save British comedy? It has caught Donald Trump’s eye

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts The Ukraine turnaround is a media illusion

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

JK Rowling is reaping the Potter whirlwind

JK Rowling is reaping the Potter whirlwind Millennials absorbed Harry Potter's childish morality

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Aug 12 2026 - 12:02am

Is this the end of Hezbollah? Lebanon is finally taking on the militia

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

Culture

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08.04 2026

Is the age of slop films coming to an end?

07.19 2026

Broadway is now a failing machine

02.15 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

Why you don’t really get Homer

Why you don’t really get Homer

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

Argentina: World Cup villains

Argentina: World Cup villains

Nick Burns

5 mins

Jonathan Haidt Why the Right should support the social media ban

Saturday, August 8 Saturday
Aug 8^th

Reaction 16:00

Why is RFK Jr trying to be a celebrity chef?

Why is RFK Jr trying to be a celebrity chef?

Richard Crampton-Platt

Analysis 13:00

The Mecca pact could be a gift to Trump

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Leaders are broadening their horizons by solidifying their defence ties closer to home.

Daniel DePetris

Debate 08:00

Is the SNP turning on Nicola Sturgeon?

Peter Franklin

Friday, August 7 Friday
Aug 7^th

Reaction 19:15

Bernie Sanders is becoming the Left's Yoda

Bernie Sanders is becoming the Left's Yoda

Ryan Zickgraf

Explainer 16:00

Germany’s establishment is trying to ban the AfD — again

Germany’s establishment is trying to ban the AfD — again

William Nattrass

Analysis 13:00

Prevent is not giving an accurate picture of UK terror threat

Steve Gallant

Reaction 10:00

Killjoys are ruining Soho’s pubs

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I blame lockdown, when those namby-pamby bed-wetters the HSPs (Highly Sensitive People) came to the fore.

Julie Burchill

Somali pirates are back

Somali pirates are back Navies are distracted by Hormuz

Rose George

6 mins

Aug 10 2026 - 12:02am

How Gorton beat Denton The new politics is ethnic, not sectarian

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

Norman Finkelstein How Israel lost the Right

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Don’t let grifters kill the university

Higher Education

Don’t let grifters kill the university Academia remains an engine of prosperity

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Aug 11 2026 - 12:03am

Why myths can save humanity Old stories fill our lives with dignity

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 2026 - 12:00am

Science

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06.18 2026

Federal lawsuit could spell end of WPATH

11.25 2025

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

10.01 2025

Do we really want a world without mothers?

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Patrick McGee

4 mins

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

John Maier

7 mins

The Econoclasts The Brexit report is built on fake data

Jason Arday: a question of academic standards

Weekend Analysis

Jason Arday: a question of academic standards What was his obscurantism hiding?

Richard Dawkins

4 mins

Aug 8 2026 - 12:02am

Thursday, August 6 Thursday
Aug 6^th

Online 18:00

Tucker Carlson is not a serious political candidate

Tucker Carlson is not a serious political candidate

Oliver Bateman

News 15:20

UK knife homicides fall to 35-year low

Rob Lownie

Explainer 11:50

Why neocons are losing the great American burrito debate

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This is what happens when commentators refuse to be honest about the consequences of their preferred policies.

Sohrab Ahmari

Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

Feb 6 2026 - 12:00am

Agatha Christie and the red scare Twenties crime capers were obsessed with communism

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Europe’s rigged energy market is killing innovation

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

How France became a big-tech colony

How France became a big-tech colony Data centers won’t restore sovereignty

Harrison Stetler

6 mins

Aug 11 2026 - 12:01am

Britain's Atlantic subordination Our place in the world is clear

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

Faith

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07.05 2026

Christianity has made a return to the World Cup

09.26 2025

The Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests

09.23 2025

Marriage is not just for the wealthy

Is Andy Burnham a plastic Papist?

Is Andy Burnham a plastic Papist?

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

John Hooper

7 mins

The Econoclasts Starmer’s fall exposes the West’s leadership crisis

Wednesday, August 5 Wednesday
Aug 5^th

Debate 18:30

Abdul El-Sayed could haunt Democrats in November

Abdul El-Sayed could haunt Democrats in November

Michael Baharaeen

News 16:00

Plurality of Britons think ‘misinformation’ is used to silence people

Archie Earle

Analysis 13:00

The autism spectrum has become too broad

Stella O'Malley

Reaction 10:00

Rod Liddle, my opponent who became a friend

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We disagreed hugely on many issues — Brexit, immigration and Islam — yet agreed on several others.

Rosie Duffield

Explainer 07:00

Marine Le Pen will be the key to Reform UK’s small boats policy

Marine Le Pen will be the key to Reform UK’s small boats policy

Chris Bayliss

Tuesday, August 4 Tuesday
Aug 4^th

Reaction 18:00

Ken Paxton is missing his chance in Texas

Daniel Kalder

Debate 16:00

Is the age of slop films coming to an end?

Spencer A. Klavan

Reaction 10:00

The DNC is stuck in a death spiral

The DNC is stuck in a death spiral

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 07:00

Rupert Lowe could force a Reform U-turn on the death penalty

Bethany Elliott

The chew toy that ate my small business

Weekend Spotlight

The chew toy that ate my small business American disability law has gone terribly wrong

Annie Grossman

9 mins

Aug 8 2026 - 12:01am

Looksmaxxing is the new trans Clavicular’s cybertruck smashes conservative hope

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton We have stripped sex of enchantment

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

Jake Sullivan Trump has handed Iran victory

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Malta's warning for the West

Malta's warning for the West Globalisation is sinking the island nation

Aaron Bastani

8 mins

Aug 10 2026 - 12:01am

The futility of retiree protests Why let Trump ruin your retirement?

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

War

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08.08 2026

The Mecca pact could be a gift to Trump

07.31 2026

Will Hamas really surrender its weapons?

04.13 2026

Does Kemi Badenoch understand Britain’s military dysfunction?

Trump can still win the Iran war

Trump can still win the Iran war

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

Israel doesn't need friends

Israel doesn't need friends

Edward Luttwak

6 mins

The Econoclasts Military spending won’t save Europe

New York’s war on its Jews

New York’s war on its Jews Mamdani abets the violence

Joel Kotkin

5 mins

Aug 7 2026 - 12:00am

Monday, August 3 Monday
Aug 3^rd

Debate 18:30

Has Ariana Grande killed body positivity?

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The border between the body we inherit and the body we choose has never appeared thinner.

Ryan Zickgraf

Reaction 16:00

Sam Altman’s big idea for parents: more ChatGPT

Matthew Gasda

Analysis 12:00

Tucker Carlson’s antiwar movement is Trump’s bad conscience

Tucker Carlson’s antiwar movement is Trump’s bad conscience

Sohrab Ahmari

Reaction 10:00

Andy Burnham doesn’t need a written constitution

Lee David Evans

What young Republicans are telling us Racial language-policing has failed

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Former Labour leader: Neil Kinnock

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The Right’s favorite Left radical

The Right’s favorite Left radical Christopher Lasch’s romanticism was easy to assimilate

Richard A. Greenwald

7 mins

Aug 10 2026 - 12:00am

Why Human Design is perfect for our age It’s religion for the LinkedIn class

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 2025 - 12:00am

Society

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09.29 2025

Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire?

09.28 2025

The WHO’s anti-alcohol campaign is a war against joy

09.25 2025

ICE shooting doesn’t herald a new era of Left-wing violence

Dunwich is enchanted England

Dunwich is enchanted England

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Jason Arday: Cambridge’s DEI darling

Jason Arday: Cambridge’s DEI darling

Kathleen Stock

9 mins

The Econoclasts Germany's security council defeat is no surprise

Sunday, August 2 Sunday
Aug 2^nd

Debate 19:00

Trump’s paid media service could be his Infantino moment

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Pride comes before the fall.

John Rapley

Reaction 16:00

Norman Finkelstein and Hasan Piker reveal the Left’s double standard on Israel

Norman Finkelstein and Hasan Piker reveal the Left’s double standard on Israel

Ralph Leonard

Analysis 13:00

Friedrich Merz has become Germany’s Keir Starmer

Wolfgang Munchau

Saturday, August 1 Saturday
Aug 1^st

Reaction 16:00

The MAGA media machine has passed its sell-by date

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Today's winners become tomorrow's establishment.

Oliver Bateman

The meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s triumph

The Left

The meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s triumph Organic support for Israel is fading

Ross Barkan

5 mins

Aug 5 2026 - 3:03pm

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am

Nobel peace prize

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

The Anglo-Gaullism Debate

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Watching Trump's Apocalypse

Watching Trump's Apocalypse Americans are mere spectators

David Thomson

7 mins

Aug 8 2026 - 12:03am

Should philosophers take drugs? We must embrace the weirdness of the world

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

Sep 12 2025 - 12:00am