Archive for postcode lottery
Trial and error is the most successful problem solving technique
So said Tim Harford (known to many as the presenter of Radio 4′s More or Less as well as a distinguished economics writer) last night at the Royal Society of Arts. Harford was kicking-off a week long series of talks to promote his new book, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure and was making [...]
The postcode lottery test: which answer do you pick?
James Graham’s typically pugnacious post about postcode lotteries has prompted me to write down a question that’s been knocking around at the back of my mind: When you read about a public service varying from area to area (aka postcode lotteries), do you think: a. “This is a problem. We must introduce more measures to [...]
