The 8 June General Election is being viewed through the prism of Brexit. In one fell swoop, it is said … Continue reading “Delivering Brexit isn’t enough: Where’s the pro-growth vision for Britain?”

Commenting on the Conservative Party’s plan to cap household energy bills, Julian Jessop, Chief Economist at the Institute of Economic … Continue reading “Arbitrarily capping prices on energy bills would be counterproductive”

What kind of domestic policies will Theresa May use her enlarged, post-election majority to pursue? That’s the question Michael Gove … Continue reading “Michael Gove is wrong. Laissez-faire Singapore is richer than statist Britain”

This is a fundamental question for any politician. Few answer it. They give particular answers to particular such questions, of … Continue reading “What should the government do, and what not?”

David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, has recently argued that in order to avoid the negative impacts of a Hard … Continue reading “Hard Brexit, Soft Brexit, Remain – why not do all of them?”

Though it may seem strange, Karl Marx was not always a communist. As late as 1842, when Marx was in … Continue reading “Marx’s Flight from Reality (Part 1)”

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s call for an early general election on 8th June 2017, Mark Littlewood, Director General at … Continue reading “Three priorities for a manifesto to transform our economy”

The Prime Minister’s decision to call an early election is, of course, primarily a great piece of political opportunism. Mrs … Continue reading “Snap election raises risks of crazy manifesto promises”

A week rarely goes by without new calls for government action to cap the price of a good or service … Continue reading “Why holiday prices shouldn’t be capped during school breaks”