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Wind turbine noise and the abuse of technocratic regulation: Part 3
A warning.
Sep 28
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Gordon Hughes
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Wind turbine noise and the abuse of technocratic regulation: Part 2
In the first article of this series, I outlined the case for the prosecution against the current approach to regulating the impact of noise from wind…
Sep 22
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Gordon Hughes
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Wind turbine noise and the abuse of technocratic regulation: Part 1
Imagine that you have moved from a city or surrounding suburbs in search of peace and to live in natural surroundings.
Sep 15
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Gordon Hughes
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Why nothing works and HS2
This article is prompted by the conjunction of reading Marc Dunkelman’s book titled Why Nothing Works while thinking about the problems which led to the…
Sep 5
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Gordon Hughes
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August 2025
On the discontents of health systems: Part 2 Will Ozempic reduce healthcare costs?
This is the second of an occasional series on issues in health economics.
Aug 27
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Gordon Hughes
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Pointless provocation and pension policy
A recommendation: I have recently come across a Substack written by Aurelien – aurelien.substack.com - which focuses on foreign policy and related…
Aug 22
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Gordon Hughes
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Ørsted’s bailout and the Sunrise Wind Farm
On 11th August 2025 Ørsted, the largest offshore wind operator in the world, announced an emergency rights issue to raise $9.3 billion in new capital…
Aug 18
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Gordon Hughes
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On the discontents of health systems: Part 1 Why are US healthcare costs so high?
I have been thinking for some time about writing various pieces on health economics, focusing particularly on comparisons of health systems in different…
Aug 12
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Gordon Hughes
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July 2025
There but for the grace of God, or the small boy who cried `Wolf’
I am writing this piece as a follow-up to my article on flooding in North Carolina.
Jul 9
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Gordon Hughes
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Government failure and national breakdown
Today (July 4th) is not only the anniversary of the accession of the current UK government, but it is Independence Day in the US.
Jul 4
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Gordon Hughes
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June 2025
Assessing weather variability and climate adaptation
I apologise to readers of these articles who sometimes find the more technical material hard to take.
Jun 30
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Gordon Hughes
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What is the link between GB electricity and gas prices?
Political debate is a game of soundbites for both politicians and media commentators.
Jun 22
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Gordon Hughes
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