For those interested in alternative political thinking, the “Red Tory” writer Philip Blond will be speaking at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service on Friday at 4:00. To register for his talk on “The Broken Society vs. the Big Society,” click here . A few articles on Blond and Red Toryism:
The Problem With Phillip Blond: He’s Wrong About Markets from the Wall Street Journal .
Rise of the Red Tories from the English magazine Prospect .
The NS Profile from the English magazine The New Statesman .
Philip Blond’s Red Toryism from adamsmith.org.
David Brooks on Philip Blond from the New York Times .
Patrick Deneen on Philip Blond from a Cato Institute symposium.
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