This week’s announcement of some minor benefit reforms, accompanied by a Green Paper, may not achieve very much, but it … Continue reading “Saturday Read: Benefits reforms may not achieve much but they have focused attention”

A few years ago, the psychiatrist and science blogger Scott Alexander recounted an interesting anecdote from his university days on … Continue reading “Disability and incapacity benefits for working-age people: some recent developments”

In late 2021, I spoke on a panel on classical liberalism and freedom of speech. Given the complete cultural hegemony … Continue reading “Has “real” wokery never been tried?”

This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack It has been over three years since Russia’s … Continue reading “A liberal future for Ukraine?”

Contents Summary The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the … Continue reading “Beyond Freeports”

Are you a Hong Konger who wants to rely on your hard-earned lifelong retirement savings to help with your relocation … Continue reading “Hong Kong’s financial Berlin Wall”

On 12 October 2024, European Students for Liberty (ESFL) and their Icelandic partners organised a conference entitled ‘Markets and Entrepreneurship’ … Continue reading “Imperial Measurement: my talk at the ESFL conference at Reykjavik University”

IEA research calling for a reformation of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into a Serious Economic Crime Office (SECO) has … Continue reading “Reform the SFO to Effectively and Proactively Fight Fraudsters”

New IEA research proposing an overhaul of the Serious Fraud Office has been featured in The Times. The article said: … Continue reading “SFO Failures Prompt Calls for Overhaul”