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●  Philip Booth discusses the growing debt burden in the Yorkshire Post ●  Eamonn Butler explains why political interference is … Continue reading “Economics on the web (12.2.09)”

The whole issue of the legitimacy of government intervention in the housing market is particularly pertinent at the present moment. … Continue reading “Government intervention in the housing market: what works?”

In recent months there appears to have been a resurgence of scholarly interest in F. A. Hayek’s classic of political … Continue reading “The Road to Serfdom, now more than ever”

Recent unrest in Latvia and Bulgaria has emphasised the economic difficulties faced by the formerly communist countries in central and … Continue reading “Testing times for “New Europe””

One of the justifications for government intervention in the market is the presence of ‘external effects’ or ‘externalities’ which occur … Continue reading “Change4Life, sales bans and “sin taxes”: when the arsonist screams “fire!””

On Monday, George Osborne made an interesting speech. It would have been a good opening statement at a dinner party … Continue reading “What does Osborne mean?”

Adam Smith’s ‘agency problem’, the separation of ownership from control, enables big-business executives and directors to pursue their own agenda. … Continue reading “Banking on corporatism”

●  Philip Booth discusses Barack Obama on American Public Radio   ●  Peter Boettke explains why politicians are making the … Continue reading “Economics on the web (29.01.09)”

So Alan Milburn is back, allegedly to deal with ‘social mobility’, no less. Here we have yet another example of … Continue reading “Social mobility’ and all that”