by Jim Orford | Feb 16, 2026 | War
The news has been full of the Munich Security Council meeting currently taking place. The talk is of increased military spending and war-readiness. Based on what I discovered when researching for my book On the Warpath: The Psychology of Public Support for Armed...
by Jim Orford | Jan 8, 2026 | War
As a Brit in his 80s I have largely lived in peace all my life. Amongst my conclusions after researching for my 2024 book On the Warpath, was that support for war is increased by believing that we live in a dangerous, threatening world, and by increased spending on...
by Jim Orford | Sep 7, 2025 | Economic Inequality
The Psychology of Economic Inequality Six Reasons Why We are Failing to Challenge Great Inequalities of Income and Wealth Jim Orford, published by Palgrave Macmillan and as a Springer Nature Open Access book In the UK, the US and in many other countries, a high...
by Jim Orford | Jun 6, 2025 | War
I took part in a Q & A about my book On the...
by Jim Orford | Apr 4, 2025 | Gambling
On 17 March the Lords voted against an amendment to the Football Governance Bill which would have placed a duty on the proposed new Independent Football Regulator to gradually eliminate altogether gambling-related sponsorship and advertising, something that many of us...
