With severe congestion on the roads, overcrowding on commuter trains and long delays at the hub airport, Britain’s transport system seems to be grinding to a halt. These problems are the direct result of government intervention, including the misallocation of investment in new infrastructure, distortionary taxes and subsidies, and heavy regulation that suffocates entrepreneurship and innovation.

This short ieaTV film argues that the solution is to depoliticise the sector by radically reducing the role of the state and allowing private enterprise to develop roads, railways and airports.

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