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Explore the ideasRadical centrism, in one paragraph
Radical centrism (also called the radical centre, or radical center in US English) is a political approach that seeks ambitious, structural reform by combining the strongest insights from different political traditions, testing the result against evidence, and stating openly who gains, who pays and what would make it change course. It is not the midpoint between left and right: it is a method for finding a better answer than either side offers alone.
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Capital at birth for Spain: a radical-centre proposal for every newborn's starting stake
Halstead and Lind proposed a nest egg for every newborn. Britain tried it. Here is a version for Spain that learns from what went wrong.
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Halstead and Lind's The Radical Center explained: the founding book of radical centrism
In 2001 Ted Halstead and Michael Lind wrote the blueprint for a radical centre. What they proposed, and what still holds up in Europe.
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Halstead and Lind vs Mark Satin: radical centrism as blueprint or as temperament
The two founding books of radical centrism agree on more than they admit and split on one big question: where does reform come from?
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Not the middle: why synthesis is not splitting the difference
The radical centre is often mistaken for compromise. Here is the difference between averaging two positions and building a better one.
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- Value
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- What we think should be done, with its costs and how to revise it.