Jules Evans

Jules Evans is a freelance journalist and writer, who covers two main areas: philosophy and psychology (for publications including The Times, Psychologies, New Statesman and his website, Philosophy for Life), and emerging markets (for publications including The Spectator, Economist, Times, Euromoney and Financial News).

ECB stands firm (sort of)

The ECB yesterday slightly increased its bond purchasing programme, but did not push the nuclear button and announce some huge new programme of QE or bank...

Eurovision Sov Contest

The European sovereign bond markets are a bit calmer today, after ECB central bank governor Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB might continue with its bond...

The Rise of the Neo-Aristotelians

I'm excited about going to see Alasdair MacIntyre talk today. I think he's the most influential living philosopher, and it's a rare chance to see him speak in...

SEAL: ‘we get a little crazy’

I've been looking into a curriculum subject introduced by New Labour in 2003, called Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL). It began as a voluntary...

Nudging the Issue

News here that David Cameron has approved the establishment of a 'behavioural insight' unit, led by policy advisor David Halpern, to find ways to implement...

Drawing over-hasty conclusions

Here's a new RSA animation in which Matthew Taylor, former head of the Institute for Public Policy Research and now chief executive of the RSA, sets out what...

Beyond Liberalism

One way to understand the modern politics of wellbeing - by which I mean the introduction of policies by governments aimed at cultivating the ‘wellbeing’,...

The laboratory of resilience

I've spent an enjoyable weekend reading Charles Emmerson's Future History of the Arctic. Charles, a friend of Global Dashboard's, looks at the opening up of...

More climate debate frenzy

Wow, who says democracy is dead? The nay-sayers should check out this incredible debate on the crucial issue of the day - climate change - which happened on...

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Justice is missing the boat

Justice is missing the boat

The year 2020 will go down in history as the year when much changed. One thing seems to remain constant: the fact that the justice sector is slow to change. As a consequence, it seems to be missing a rather big boat. Good things often come out of bad things. It is no...

An emerging ministers of justice movement

An emerging ministers of justice movement

Since April, we have been calling for justice leaders of the world to get out of their national cubby holes and come together to share fears, failures, successes, and strategies, just like public health ministers are doing. The COVID-19 crisis is too big and too...

Un mouvement émergent des Ministres de la Justice

Un mouvement émergent des Ministres de la Justice

Depuis le mois d'avril, nous appelons les leaders de la justice du monde entier à sortir de leur cagibi national et à se réunir afin de partager leurs craintes, leurs échecs, leurs succès ainsi que leurs stratégies, comme le font les ministres de la santé publique. La...