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Martin O’Neill

Martin O’Neill, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of York, is co-author of The Case for Community Wealth Building, and co-editor of Taxation: Philosophical Perspectives and Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond.

Articles

Center-left parties should learn that small-bore solutions are a waste of time.

Martin O’Neill
Were Labour's gains in the recent British election overblown, or is there real cause for hope?
Martin O’Neill

It has not been an easy path from Blairite centrism to radical socialist hope.

Martin O’Neill
Theresa May came to bury the Labour Party, but instead she and her party have been deeply damaged.
Martin O’Neill

Egalitarianism requires not just redistribution but equal social standing.

Martin O’Neill

Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of the UK Labour Party, is helping to revive the radical left.

Martin O’Neill

Is there a moral case for free markets?

Martin O’Neill, Thad Williamson

Rawls's radical vision for a better America.

Martin O’Neill, Thad Williamson

Forum Responses

It doesn't entail an embrace of the status quo.
Martin O'Neill
There is much to be done outside the tax system itself.
Martin O’Neill
Ira Katznelson focuses on the United States, but the state of democratic institutions is just as worryingly fragile on the other side of the Atlantic. Voter turnout is down across European democracies,...
Martin O’Neill
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