The news that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned adverts for Philadelphia cheese and Volkswagen eGolf cars looks like … Continue reading “The Advertising Standards Authority has no business policing gender stereotypes”

Media pluralism in Europe is under threat. Far from exhibiting a rich diversity of opinions, content, ownership and structures, Europe’s … Continue reading “How government subsidies to the media undermine editorial independence”

A while ago, I got an e-mail from someone who had recently finished reading my book Universal Healthcare Without The … Continue reading “How, and how not, to disagree on healthcare”

Commenting on Boris Johnson’s £1.8 billion cash boost to NHS frontline services, Associate Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs … Continue reading “NHS needs reform, not another cash boost, to fix its ails”

Commenting on the announcement that up to ten Freeports will be created after the UK leaves the EU, the Institute of … Continue reading “Freeports could be transformative”

The gains in economic activity derived from free trade are well established. Adam Smith and David Ricardo, who respectively discussed … Continue reading “The importance of free trade – and how to derive its full benefits”

In July 2019 the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC) voted by six three to keep Bank rate at 0.75%. Concerns … Continue reading “SMPC votes Six / Three to Hold Bank Rate in July”

Given the manifold problems with both the implementation and the design of Universal Credit (UC), as well as similar problems … Continue reading “Do we need a welfare state at all?”

On Monday, Jacob Rees-Mogg and I released Raising the Roof: How to solve the United Kingdom’s housing crisis. This new … Continue reading “Britain’s housing crisis is uniquely severe – but it is solvable”