Commenting on George Osborne’s speech to Conservative Party Conference, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: … Continue reading “Business rate devolution brings welcome tax competition to the UK”

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, think tanks such as the IEA had a difficult time. We were told … Continue reading “The proto-Corbyn years of the 1970s were awful”

Future UK governments have much to learn from the destructive economic policies implemented during the 20th century. Repeated attempts to … Continue reading “Support for ‘Corbynomics’ could see damaging policy mistakes repeated”

Introduction: Tribute bands are (or were) all the rage. And this is tribute book. Unashamedly we have stolen the idea … Continue reading “Britain’s Baker’s Dozen of Disasters: The UK’s thirteen worst economic policy mistakes since 1900”

Is inequality increasing or decreasing? The answer depends on our point of reference. In America, the income gap between the … Continue reading “Believe it or not: The world is becoming more equal”

Jeremy Corbyn and his shadow chancellor John McDonnell are desperate to be seen as economically credible. As part of this, … Continue reading “Why the advent of an “expert committee” doesn’t make Corbynomics any less scary”

From the moment it set foot in Europe, Uber – the ride-sharing app that connects private drivers with passengers – … Continue reading “The next Mayor must save London from Uber-regulation”

Commenting on the unveiling of the European Commission’s Capital Markets Union proposal, Diego Zuluaga Laguna, Deputy Director of EPICENTER, said:  “The European … Continue reading “The key to achieving well-functioning capital markets in Europe”

Last Saturday, several hundred anti-gentrification protesters attacked a ‘hipster’ café in Shoreditch, throwing paint bombs against the windows, and trying … Continue reading “Anti-gentrification protests: the economics of coolness”