Articles
Explainers, analysis and proposals on radical centrism and the reforms it argues for.
HousingProposal
Housing in Spain: we need to build, and build a lot
Spanish rents have risen three times faster than wages since 2015. Spain needs three million homes in a decade, and the wall blocking construction has to come down.
Economy & workProposal
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.
Ideas & historyInterpretation
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.
Ideas & historyInterpretation
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?
Ideas & historyInterpretation
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.
Public servicesInterpretation
Swiss health insurance: the European model behind radical centrism's health plan
Halstead and Lind built their health plan on Switzerland. How the Swiss system works today, what voters said in 2024 and what Europe can learn.
Ideas & historyInterpretation
What is radical centrism? Definition, origins and the difference from moderation
Radical centrism wants deep institutional reform built from the best ideas of left and right. A clear definition, its history and its founding books.
HousingProposal
Housing: build more homes and protect tenants, at the same time
A radical-centre housing agenda refuses the choice between supply and tenant protection. It designs for both.