“The genius of the market is supposed to lie in its ability to allocate...” — Clive Lewis Quote

The genius of the market is supposed to lie in its ability to allocate society's resources to their most efficient uses without central direction. Labour has long recognised that efficiency doesn't always correspond with what is socially optimal or, in other words, 'fair.'

I know what it's like to feel the fear of battle. To be constantly looking over my shoulder and thinking every sound might be a bomb or a bullet. When I served in Afghanistan in 2009 I felt that fear, but I made a choice to serve in the army and I knew I could come home to safety at the end of my tour.

I've got uncles who wore garish stuff, you know, electric blue polyester suits, and they carried it off. But my dad never went down that path, he has never been into loud stuff. His style was fashionable, but never sharp.

With its brutal empire and legalised slavery, the Roman Republic was hardly a towering beacon of progressive values.

I like modern efficiencies and functionality.

I have been outspoken on my opposition to 'Obamacare,' and I don't buy the line that our Medicaid program, or any function of government, has reached maximum efficiency.

Meat is undoubtedly an environmentally expensive food. Large animals have inherently low efficiency of converting feed to muscle, and only modern broilers can be produced with less than two units of feed per unit of meat.

We must ensure that all facets of our military operate at peak efficiency and that our service members' safety is a top priority.

Cars are now saying, 'I need special features because I'm going to rely on the network for mission critical things, safety, transportation efficiency.'