On 6 July, the IEA held its annual THINK conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London. It included a … Continue reading “Socialism, Capitalism and Millennials”

Universal Credit has several objectives, some more, some less explicit. Overall, these seem to fall within two categories: increasing employment … Continue reading “Universal Credit: what went wrong? (Part 1: the implementation)”

The Institute of Economic Affairs has a long history of investigating the issue of school choice, and hence of the … Continue reading “School choice: top-down government reforms or bottom-up markets?”

Education reforms that allow new educational providers to supply schooling into a state system can improve parental satisfaction and raise … Continue reading “School Choice around the World”

Commenting on Boris Johnson’s pledge, if elected Leader of the Conservative Party, to launch a comprehensive review into the effectiveness … Continue reading “It’s encouraging to see Mr Johnson take a stand against sin taxes”

It looks as though we will have ethnic pay monitoring before long. It is likely that the requirement will, as … Continue reading “Ethnic pay monitoring will lead to misleading comparisons”

Responding to new figures showing a rise in alcohol-related deaths in Scotland last year, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics … Continue reading “Minimum alcohol pricing cost Scottish drinkers millions of pounds since introduction”

A while ago, I took part in a panel discussion on the issue of “Millennial Socialism”. One of the speakers, … Continue reading “How, and how not, to use the ‘V-word’”

People can get a very misleading picture from statistics which are not properly understood. Take this, from The Telegraph: “Around … Continue reading “Employment data: when there’s no story – try not to tell one”