Subscribe to Economic Affairs Contents: Introduction (page 287) by J.R. Shackleton Secession in the European Union (pages 288-302) by Roland … Continue reading “Economic Affairs (Vol 33.3)”

An Evening Panel Discussion on the topic of Iain Martin’s new book on the UK’s economic meltdown and what can be … Continue reading “Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British Economy”

Tax is the single biggest area of expenditure for those who live in poverty, and indirect taxes are a major … Continue reading “Poorest hit hardest by consumption taxes, new research shows”

Summary The poorest twenty per cent of households in Britain spend an average of £1,286 per year on ‘sin taxes’, … Continue reading “Aggressively Regressive: The ‘sin taxes’ that make the poor poorer”

With the poor moving away from subsistence farming and a predicted world population increase from 7 billion to 9.3 billion … Continue reading “Palm oil production could be key in solving rising food costs”

Summary: After many years of flat-lining, world food prices rose dramatically in the last years of the first decade of … Continue reading “Commercial Agriculture: Cure or curse? Malaysian and African experience contrasted”

Panel discussion to ask whether the Eurozone crisis can be resolved and if so how.

In this short interview John Blundell talks about his paper Waging the War of Ideas, examining how wars of ideas … Continue reading “Waging The War Of Ideas”

In this video Peter King outlines the main arguments he makes in his book, Choice and the End of Social … Continue reading “Choice & The End Of Social Housing”