Civil society and businesses have stepped in where centrally planned government has failed, says Professor Philip Booth, Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.

Writing for the Telegraph, Philip compares the NHS – with difficulties sourcing and distributing PPE and rejecting help from private companies – and supermarkets which, despite fears of shortages, have thrived during the crisis and provided consumers with almost every product they would normally be able to buy.

Read the full piece here.