Articles - Rationale Magazine

Why removing evolution from science class is immoral and irrational

Peter Ellerton 10/07/2023

Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will ...

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Business & Economics

Is labour productivity the problem?

Paul Carey 07/07/2023

In a recent article, Alan Kohler, a financial journalist of some note, concluded that: “The reason labour productivity (GDP per ...

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Business & Economics

What the right gets wrong about Adam Smith

Conor O'Kane 04/07/2023

What to make of Adam Smith? You might have thought we would have straightened this out, given that he only ...

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Letters to the Editor

Nudging us into a nuclear industry

Rationale Magazine 01/07/2023

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our Publishing ...

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Science & Health

Survival of the fit enough and lucky enough

Robert Thurman 27/06/2023

The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s masterful contribution to our understanding of evolution, was penned more than 150 years ago. ...

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Philosophy & Psychology

How analytic philosophers sought to slough off the dead weight of history

Andrew Milne 24/06/2023

Nikhil Krishnan’s intriguing and charming history, A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60, is organised around anecdotes rather than arguments. ...

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