http://www.richard-reeves.com/ Richard Reeves, Happy Mondays, John Stuart Mill, Happy Business, Liberalism, Victoria Firebrand, Politics of Happiness, Happiness en-uk Copyright 2013 Richard Reeves, Happy Mondays, John Stuart Mill, Happy Business, Liberalism, Victoria Firebrand, Politics of Happiness, Happiness Tue, 21 May 2013 23:38:03 GMT A society purged of shame might sound good in theory. But it would be terrible in practice. We need a sense of shame to live well together. For those with liberal instincts, this is necessarily hard. But it is also necessary. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/opinion/a-case-for-shaming-teenage-pregnancy.html?ref=opinion index.asp?NewsID=38 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT How the sovereignty fetish of conservatives - UNophobia in the US Senate just the latest symptom - prevents, perversely, the spread of enlightenment values. My latest for Huffington Post huff.to/XuWNJu index.asp?NewsID=37 Thu, 6 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Ameriphilia of Brit politicos makes them seek lessons from the US election. In my latest blog for CentreForum, I argue that, sadly, there are none...bit.ly/Zd3Lkn index.asp?NewsID=36 Fri, 9 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT My application, as a working father, to work for the GOP candidate...http://huff.to/UaQbyj index.asp?NewsID=35 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT My thoughts on Huff Post on how to promote US social mobility, with lessons from the UK http://huff.to/TmfU0Y index.asp?NewsID=34 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Everyone is at OneNationism, lately Ed Miliband, but who has the better claim index.asp?NewsID=33 Thu, 4 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT My Demos pamphlet on the coalition government thus far, including a chapter on "What would JS Mill think?" index.asp?NewsID=32 Mon, 1 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Here's my new piece for the New Statesman calling for the Liberal Democrats to back Clegg and back Liberalism... index.asp?NewsID=31 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT This summer I am leaving my role as Director of Strategy to the DPM, and moving to Washington DC - a family move. index.asp?NewsID=29 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Since July 2010 I have been acting as director of strategy to Nick Clegg MP, the Deputy Prime Minister. You can contact me at richard.reeves@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk. index.asp?NewsID=26 Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Economist implies that being a philosophical biographer and a political bully are incompatible... index.asp?NewsID=27 Mon, 5 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT My 2010 Guardian piece arguing that Nick Clegg would be the 'progressive conscience of the next parliament.' index.asp?NewsID=28 Sun, 4 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT I wrote an essay for Prospect on the politics of character, and why the left should stop treating it as a taboo term. index.asp?NewsID=24 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT In September I take up a new role as director of the think-tank Demos... index.asp?NewsID=21 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT John Stuart Mill - Victorian Firebrand has won a place on the five-book James Tait Black shortlist for biography of the year 2007. index.asp?NewsID=22 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT