Wonks and Wonga: Payday lending, policy theory, and time-poor politicians

Posted on March 10, 2014 by josephsurtees — Leave a comment

As somebody who works for a debt advice charity, I was interested to hear George Osborne’s announcement that Government intends to cap the interest rate payday lenders can charge. The harm caused by this type of high-interest lending was first…

The theory of ‘framing’: useful for think tanks?

Posted on October 25, 2013 by paulheb — 4 Comments

The conservative right study cognitive science and work in advertising, they understand the role of emotion in generating values. The progressive left study political science and are stuck in a phony enlightenment form of reasoning. That’s the view of George…

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Wonks and Wonga: Payday lending, policy theory, and time-poor politicians

The theory of ‘framing’: useful for think tanks?