Yesterday, the Electoral College of the Labour Party announced the outcome of its leadership election. “Red Ed” Miliband was elected … Continue reading “The Labour Party pulls down the final curtain – on itself!”

For those too young to remember, the mid-1970s witnessed the first demise of Keynesian economics as the much-worshipped Phillips Curve … Continue reading “Keynesians now face the final curtain”

Indecisive outcomes are periodic features of the Westminster model, even though the plurality (first-past-the-post) system is custom-made to secure a … Continue reading “The British electorate speaks with forked tongue”

Since the end of World War II, top British universities have experienced relative decline in the international league tables. Most … Continue reading “Why Cambridge University should go private”

Yesterday, the Electoral College of the Labour Party announced the outcome of its leadership election. “Red Ed” Miliband was elected … Continue reading “The Labour Party pulls down the final curtain – on itself!”

Mervyn King was appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of England in 1997 and became an ex-officio member of the Bank’s interest-rate … Continue reading “Mervyn King: wisdom and integrity at the Bank of England”

For those too young to remember, the mid-1970s witnessed the first demise of Keynesian economics as the much-worshipped Phillips Curve … Continue reading “Keynesians now face the final curtain”

Indecisive outcomes are periodic features of the Westminster model, even though the plurality (first-past-the-post) system is custom-made to secure a … Continue reading “The British electorate speaks with forked tongue”

In our monograph, Economic Contractions in the United States: A Failure of Government, Nathanael Smith and I evaluate and categorically … Continue reading “Obama’s road to hell”