Should We End Welfare Cold Turkey? Solid Ground #173 with Dr. Erik Lidström @theradicalcenter
Should We End Welfare Cold Turkey? Solid Ground #173 with Dr. Erik Lidström  @theradicalcenter
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
Dr Lidström's recently published essay: iea.org.uk/publications/evolutionary-economics/#erikacarlina

Lidström holds an MSc and a PhD in physics from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an MBA from the Open University, UK. After conducting research at the ESRF in Grenoble, France, he entered the software industry in 2000. He has worked in Britain, France, Sweden, and Morocco, and now resides in Northern Sweden. He writes books and articles on political economy, political science, and other societal matters. Apart from an unrelated day job, he also works on renovating and extending his house.

In English, he has published two books:

Education Unchained – What it takes to restore schools and learning (2015), third edition in 2024. Recommended by Choice in 2016.
Evolution and Social Order – How our Stone Age brain understands and misunderstands society (2025)

Erik's substack: @purpendicular
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