Friday, January 9, 2026

AUTHOR

Roger Bate

2 ARTICLES
Roger Bate is a Brownstone Fellow, Senior Fellow at the International Center for Law and Economics, Board member of Africa Fighting Malaria, and Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.




How a techno-optimist became a grave skeptic

Before Covid, I would have described myself as a technological optimist. New technologies almost always arrive amid exaggerated fears. Railways were supposed to cause mental...

They’ve learned nothing — because that would expose too much

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has finally released the core political chapters of its long-awaited report. After nearly three years of hearings, millions of documents, and...