Myth busting is a risky business. If the myth you try to bust is in fact an important truth, you … Continue reading “Sorry, Ha-Joon Chang, but tax really IS a burden”

Jeremy Corbyn’s BBC interview with Andrew Neil last week caught the headlines for its discussion of the Labour leader’s views … Continue reading “What Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t know about government debt”

There is an old and often very useful adage that “if it sounds too good to be true, then it … Continue reading “Why there really aren’t any magic money trees”

Reading through each manifesto, it quickly became apparent that all of the parties are offering up some variation of the … Continue reading “Have UK political parties run out of original ideas, or are they too afraid to put forward new ones?”

The launches of the Conservative manifesto and Donald Trump’s first budget could not have been more different in tone. Theresa … Continue reading “Fiscal restraint is dead – on both sides of the Pond”

President Donald Trump wants to slash America’s corporate income tax rate, as part of the most ambitious tax reform package … Continue reading “The UK’s lesson for America on slashing corporate taxes”

Commenting on the Conservative Party manifesto, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “This manifesto contains … Continue reading “Interventionist manifesto does go some way to improve intergenerational fairness”

Commenting on the Liberal Democrat Party’s manifesto, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The Liberal Democrats’ manifesto is … Continue reading “Unambitious Liberal Democrat manifesto hamstrung by tax and spending commitments”

I’m not a fan of Keynesian economics. (Yes, I know: shock, massive surprise.) But for the purposes of this article, … Continue reading “Why the left needs to stop banging on about ‘austerity’”