Michael Mosbacher
Michael Mosbacher is the director of the Social Affairs Unit.[1] and managing editor of its web based journal Standpoint.[2] Mosbacher sits on the 'Academic Advisory Council' of the Taxpayers Alliance.[3]
He studied politics at Exeter University, writing his Master's dissertation on the impact of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union upon the British Communist movement.[4] A version of this was reproduced by the Libertarian Alliance as Political Notes No. 127.[5] In 1996 it was reported that he 'is about to do a PhD in Eastern European Politics at the London School of Economics.'[6]
Mosbacher at one time worked at the Adam Smith Institute.[7] From there he went on to become deputy director of the Social Affairs Unit, and became director on the retirement of Digby Anderson in 2004.
Publications
He is Editor (with Digby Anderson) of The British Woman Today: a qualitative survey of images in women's magazines and Another Country. He is a contributor to Scot-Free: How England would fare without Scotland and The Dictionary of Dangerous Words.[8]
Marketing The Revolution: The New Anti-Capitalism and The Attack Upon Corporate Brands. In a review on Samizdata.net, Brian Micklethwait who describes Mosbacher as 'a longish standing friend/acquaintance' notes:
- There's a biographical note at the back which tells us that Mike, who is now the Deputy Director of the Social Affairs Unit, once upon a time "studied politics at Exeter University, writing his Master's dissertation on the impact of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union upon the British Communist movement". This, or something pretty like it, was published by the Libertarian Alliance as Political Notes No. 127. This new piece is the logical successor of that earlier one. It describes some of the new globalised groups and campaigning methods and ideological themes that have elbowed their way forward to fill the void once occupied by those pathetic old Bolsheviks and all their massed ranks of useful and not so useful idiots.[9]
Micklethwait then cites the press release which accompanied the publication::
- The broader message is an old, and rather tired one, hatred of capitalism, the belief that the world is diametrically and permanently divided between the exploiting corporate fat cat few and the exploited masses. What's changed is the way that message is now being marketed to a new, wider audience by piggy-backing on the corporations' own publicity. The activists do this, often via websites, by cleverly parodying corporate ads, organising media-friendly stunts at AGMs and launching boycotts.[10]
Opinions & Comment
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Putin has his Useful Idiots on the Left and the Right', Standpoint, July/August 2014.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Underrated: Sajid Javid', Standpoint, June 2014.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Class war won’t wash, Ed—you’re too posh', Standpoint, May 2014.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Underrated: Robert Halfon', Standpoint, April 2014.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Major and Mobility', Standpoint, December 2013.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Is Sir John Major right that Britain is suffering from a widespread collapse in social mobility?', City A.M., 12 November 2013.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Overrated: George Monbiot', Standpoint, October 2013.
- Michael Mosbacher, The Myth of Cameron's Etonian 'Chumocracy', Standpoint, June 2013.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Forget the Old Etonian chumocracy: The Tories are at their least aristocratic ever', City A.M., 13 June 2013.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Moldova and Out', Standpoint, April 2013.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Lords A-Voting', Standpoint, December 2012.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Blair Baiting', Standpoint, October 2012.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Pride of the CUP', Standpoint, September 2012.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Choking Charities', Standpoint, May 2012.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'From Krupp to Aldi', Standpoint, April 2012.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Frank Furedi', Standpoint, January/February 2012.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Overrated: Seumas Milne', Standpoint, September 2011.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Uncharitable Act', Standpoint, July/August 2011.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Overrated: Richard Layard', Standpoint, July/August 2011.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Hegemony 101', Standpoint, November 2010.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'Seeing Red', Standpoint, October 2009.
- Michael Mosbacher, 'From One Oxymoron to Another', Standpoint, April 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Welcome page, Social Affairs Unit website, accessed 15th Feb 2010
- ↑ Standpoint Michael Mosbacher, accessed 20 February 2010
- ↑ Taxpayers Alliance Academic Advisory Council, accessed 20 February 2010
- ↑ Social Affairs Unit Marketing the Revolution Page 9 of 11, accessed 20 February 2010
- ↑ Mike Mosbacher THE BRITISH COMMUNIST MOVEMENT AND MOSCOW: HOW THE DEMISE OF THE SOVIET UNION AFFECTED THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND ITS SUCCESSOR ORGANISATIONS Political Notes No. 127, Libertarian Alliance, 1996
- ↑ Mike Mosbacher THE BRITISH COMMUNIST MOVEMENT AND MOSCOW: HOW THE DEMISE OF THE SOVIET UNION AFFECTED THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND ITS SUCCESSOR ORGANISATIONS Political Notes No. 127, Libertarian Alliance, 1996
- ↑ Eamonn Butler Digby Anderson's achievement Adam Smith Institute blog, (Screengrab of Google's Cache of http://www.adamsmith.org/blog-archive/000336.php. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 16 Jan 2010 21:45:46 GMT.) Original date of publication Thursday, 11 November 2004 12:44
- ↑ Social Affairs Unit Marketing the Revolution Page 9 of 11, accessed 20 February 2010
- ↑ Brian Micklethwait On anti-capitalism (and anti-anti-capitalism), Samizdata.net, June 13, 2002
- ↑ Brian Micklethwait On anti-capitalism (and anti-anti-capitalism), Samizdata.net, June 13, 2002
