Jeremy Corbyn’s resounding victory last Sunday has consolidated the dominance of paleo-socialism, not just over the Labour Party, but over … Continue reading “More Denmark, less Venezuela. Could there be a pro-market left in the UK?”

Commenting on the Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to Labour Party Conference, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute … Continue reading “Corbyn promises discredited and unfunded policies”

It’s as predictable as the so-called “rabbit out of the hat”. Twice each year (three times when George Osborne felt … Continue reading “Britain’s socialists aren’t quite as “progressive” as they think they are”

Commenting on Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell’s speech to Labour Party Conference, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic … Continue reading “McDonnell speech was economically illiterate”

When writing a few days ago about the newly updated numbers from Economic Freedom of the World, I mentioned in passing that New … Continue reading “New Zealand’s remarkable economic transformation”

The United Kingdom ranks 10th out of 159 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2016 Annual … Continue reading “Global economic freedom slightly up; UK ranks 10th among 159 jurisdictions”

Executive Summary: The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions … Continue reading “Economic Freedom of the World Index 2016”

This article is based on a presentation Prof Booth gave at the Autumn University of the Alliance of European Conservatives … Continue reading “Europe’s demographic timebomb”

Every once in a while, Oxfam likes to talk about inequality in the UK, though God knows what that has … Continue reading “Oxfam’s inequality fabrications”