The Basic Income is, for many people, a very appealing idea: Pay every citizen a fixed, non-means-tested amount every week, sufficient to pay for essentials.The potential advantages of such a system are enormous. The basic income could replace a wide range of existing means-tested benefits and result in a massive reduction in bureaucracy, huge cost-savings and greatly improved economic incentives. And it would be a kinder, more civilised way to help people out of poverty.Un...

There are lots of people who pretend to understand Economics, but there are very few who really do understand Economics. If you dive into Economics and race towards your exams without taking the time to properly understand the key concepts at the heart of the subject, it will hardly be a surprise if you end up amongst the fakers rather than amongst the true experts.This book is intended for students who are considering studying Economics, for students who are soon to begin...

Is genius a freak event of nature or is it something we can develop for ourselves?We live in a world where genius is rare. Every now and then, the world is blessed with a genius. Sometimes they are listened to, and mankind reaps the rewards of their great intelligence and insight.But what if.... What if there were a method by which people could learn to develop the special thinking skills of a genius? If we could develop such a method, it would be one of the greatest breakt...

Are you irritated by dogmatic religious belief on the one hand and by close-minded, pompous atheism (of the angry Richard Dawkins variety) on the other? Would you be interested in a more intelligent perspective on religious ideas?Intelligent people often find themselves in a dilemma regarding religion. They may be interested in religious concepts and keen to explore issues of purpose and meaning, but are repelled by the sort of unthinking, ritual-obsessed brands of religion that ma...

This book is for people who want to make better use of that mushy stuff between their ears. It is for intellectually-minded people (students and others) who want to develop their intellectual potential, enhance their intellectual awareness and so be better able to participate in one of the greatest quests of all - the quest for freedom.From the Magna Carta to The Matrix, this book is designed to give young intellectuals a firm foundation in the language, stories, characters and ide...

Unfortunately, public debate about the economy has become dominated by myths and nonsense. However, if you prefer economic sense to economic fairy-tales and if you'd like to be rather better-informed about economic matters than the average panellist on Question Time, this may be the book you are looking for. This book performs the simple function of highlighting a selection of the myths commonly relied upon during popular economic debates and explaining - not in technical terms, but in pla...

This is a sort of guidebook for gifted students, designed to help you nurture your potential as an exceptionally intelligent and thoughtful person.From the introduction: "I didn't write this book in order to help people become 'moderately clever.' I wrote it for those people with the determination to develop the sort of exceptional super-intelligence that only a few people even know exists. Whilst many people might benefit from reading this book, it is primarily intended for that t...

Longer working hours, later retirement, lousy pensions - hardly the life of leisure we were promised for the 21st century! We also have dirty hospitals, troops without proper equipment and schools that provide an appalling standard of education. So what went wrong and what can we do about it?This book provides an introduction in straightforward English to the Real Economics of real resources and real people's lives.

Intelligence is born out of the willingness to question what we are told - whatever it may be! Each chapter in this book asks us to do just that - question accepted ideas and popular opinions - and, through questioning them, develop the ability to overcome the prejudices that stand between us and greater intelligence.Warning: Contains material some may find offensive.

An examination of what the Savile scandal has revealed about our society's ideas of justice and morality.

A dark portrayal of a thoughtful, intelligent man appalled by the stupidity and conformism of the grotesque inhabitants of the society in which he lives. He rants to himself and ruminates on his disgust with the human species in general before deciding on a more targeted, fruitful, enjoyable and thoroughly violent course of action."I view most other people as lower lifeforms. This is not out of prejudice or out of arrogance, but out of experience. Not for a minute does this mean th...

This is a poker strategy book with a difference.Many poker books, often written by big-name professional players, focus on the advanced tactics you might find useful in top-class poker championships. Often, this isn't, however, what your typical poker player is actually looking for. They want to know how to beat Mike from next door, not Doyle Brunson or Phil Ivey.If you've never read any poker strategy books, that's great, because this is the place to start - this is strate...