David Green

Profile: Full name: Area of interest: Civil society, (especially) welfare state, health, education Journals: The Guardian | The Sunday Times | The Times | The Sunday Telegraph | The Daily Telegraph | Daily Mail Email: info@civitas.org.uk Personal website: Website: http://www.civitas.org.uk | http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/davidgreen Blog: Representation: Networks:

Biography: About: Education: Career: Institute of Economic Affairs from 1984, Director of the IEA Health and Welfare Unit from 1986; Labour councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne 1976/1981; Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, 1981/1983; founded Civitas, The Institute for the Study of Civil Society in 2000, see Civitas biography Current position/role: Director of Civitas also writes/written for: Other roles: Was a member of the Home Secretary's Crime Statistics Review Group, which in 2006 recommended improvements in the collection of the crime figures Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: TV/Radio: Ocassional broadcasts on programmes such as Newsnight, the Moral Maze and BBC Radio 4's Today programme Newsnight discussion Sentencing Policy (transcript and video) September 2003 BBC4 Radio Today programme discussion: Public policy should reflect the rise in Eastern European migrants, (audio) May 2007 Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

Books & Debate: Power and Party in an English City (HarperCollins, 1980) ISBN 0043520944; Mutual Aid or Welfare State (Allen & Unwin, 1984) with L. Cromwell ISBN 0868616648; Working-Class Patients and the Medical Establishment: Self-Help in Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1948 (Palgrave Macmillan, 1986) ISBN 0312889801; The New Conservatism: The Counter-Revolution in Political, Economic and Social Thought (Palgrave Macmillan, 1987) ISBN 031200477X; Reinventing Civil Society - Choice in Welfare (Civitas, 1993) ISBN 025536279X; Community Without Politics: A Market Approach to Welfare Reform (IEA, 1996) ISBN 0255363648; Benefit Dependency: How Welfare Undermines Independence (Coronet Books, 1998) ISBN 0255364334; Delay, Denial and Dilution (Choice in Welfare) (Civitas, 1999) with Laura Casper ISBN 0255364598; An End to Welfare Rights: The Rediscovery of Independence (Civitas, 2000) ISBN 1903386799; Stakeholder Health Insurance (Civitas, 2000) ISBN 1903386071; Crime and Civil Society: Can we become a more law-abiding people? (Civitas, 2005) ISBN 1903386365; also contributed a chapter 'The Neo-Liberal Perspective' in Blackwell's The Student's Companion to Social Policy (Blackwell Publishers, 2nd ed, 2003) ISBN 1405102918 Latest work: We're (Nearly) all Victims Now: how political correctness is undermining our liberal culture (Civitas, 2006) ISBN 1903386535 Speaking/Appearances: Current debate:

Journals: Column name: Remit/Info: Civil society, (especially) welfare state, health, education Section: Role: Commentator Pen-name: Email: Commissioning editor: Day published: Varies Regularity: Irregular Column format: Average length:

Articles: Rebranding the Tory Party has come at a high price - Policies adopted as part of the Tory’s rebranding strategy are among the main obstacles to increasing GDP - 10th October 2011 As public pay rises, Britain’s fortunes sink - Britain will never cut its deficit unless the state learns to save money as well as spend it - 23rd August 2011 London riots: why did the police lose control? - The police have become so sensitive to the issue of race that it is impairing their ability to do the job - 9th August 2011 Lesson one, children – failure stops right here - It is right to have a curriculum that schools can teach everyone in preparation for work, a richer life and for democratic citizenship - 7th August 2011 If you don't speak English you can't belong in Britain - The inability to speak a host country’s language reinforces dangerous divisions in society – and it is a very reasonable requirement of any immigrant - 27th July 2011 Britain’s borders are still wide open to abuse by migrants - It seems that we still don’t know who is entering or leaving the UK - 3rd June 2011 Why the NHS needs competition - The case for competition is as strong as it was when Tony Blair urged a reluctant Labour party to embrace 'contestability' - 11th May 2011 Five policies that would lead to growth - David Cameron really must do everything to encourage businesses to grow - 8th March 2011 We’re at the muddled mercy of European judges - A bill of rights is vital to protect UK sovereignty which finds itself under severe threat from the people in the European halls of power - 27th February 2011 Votes for prisoners: Will MPs have the courage to vote for liberty? - The government's decision is not just about whether convicted criminals should be able to vote; it is a defining moment in the history of freedom - 8th February 2011 Yes, the NHS needs reform but not if it's going to lead to more patients on trolleys in hospital corridors - 19th January 2011 Adam Smith would stand by Vince Cable - Vince Cable is obviously in favour of a free market economy. So why is he in hot water - 23rd September 2010 The Liberal Democrats are wrong about free schools - Those who wish to prevent free schools are education monopolists who know that they will not look good when comparisons start to be made - 20th September 2010 Ministers need to grasp the real facts about crime - Sound families and effective policing are the best way to cut offending - 18th July 2010 Time to arrest the grievance culture - Ali Dizaei's conviction allows us to see the downside of sectional pressure groups within the police - 10th February 2010 Compulsory savings contributions would soften the blow to the taxpayer - In 1940 Keynes put forward the idea that, instead of raising taxes, the government should require compulsory savings contributions from all taxpayers. Our politicians should take heed - 12th December 2009 At least someone in prison can't rob you - Governors have not taken into account the full costs of abolishing short sentences - 7th October 2009 Common humanity must be enough to be protected by police - The tragic death of Mrs Pilkington and her daughter has become a watershed moment. It's time to re-commit ourselves to equality under the law - 30th September 2009 How to fix parliament? Stop MPs being ministers - A genuine separation of powers would be a big step forward in fixing the way our Parliament works - 29th May 2009 The Equality Bill will hinder, not help - Not only does the Equality Bill justify preferential treatment for groups, it also undermines one of the bedrock principles of British justice: the presumption of innocence until proven guilty - 12th May 2009 Failed public policies are to blame for the decline in manufacturing - An industrial policy is a good thing - if it is a strategy for creating the best possible conditions for free enterprise - 22nd April 2009

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