Fred Halliday has identified the twelve worse ideas for 2007 in
Open Democracy. In summary, they are:
Number twelve: Human behaviour can be
predicted
Number eleven: The world is speeding up
Number ten: We have no need for history
Number nine: We live in a "post-feminist"
epoch
Number eight: Markets are a "natural" phenomenon which allow for the efficient allocation of resources and preferences
Number seven: Religion should again be allowed, when not encouraged, to play a role in political and social life
Number six: In the modern world, we do not need utopias
Number five: We should welcome the spread of English as a world language
Number four: The world is divided into incomparable moral blocs, or civilisations
Number three: Diasporas have a legitimate role to play in national and international politics
Number two: The only thing "they" understand is force
Number one: The world's population problems, and the spread of Aids, can be solved without the use of condoms
Read the details pertaining to each bad idea
here.
Fred Halliday has identified the twelve worse ideas for 2007 in Open Democracy. In summary, they are:
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