The Welfare State Was A Mistake: an interesting programme

I’ve just listened to a R4 programme, Hecklers, on the topic The Welfare State Is a Mistake. The format of the programme is that one person (James Bartholomew in this case)puts forward a topic, and speaks to defend it, against four ‘hecklers’ who have a professional interest in the topic.

It is worth following the links from Bartholomew’s site to listen to the archived programme. It was fascinating to hear a discussion of this topic. The short format still only allows for 2 min arguments but it was longer than the sound-bites that are usually traded in news programmes or the typical interviews.

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