Seven years ago, I published an IEA monograph, which was a spin-off from what would later become a dissertation. There … Continue reading “Nick Timothy’s ‘post-liberal conservatism’: nonsense on stilts”

In many ways, Spain is the EU’s poster child. The country’s determination to be part of the European project was … Continue reading “A statist agenda would destroy all the gains Spain has made since joining the EU”

As a teenager, I used to read a magazine which had a rubric called “Whatever happened to…”, which was dedicated … Continue reading “Whatever happened to the anti-globalisation movement? On the anti-capitalist left’s immunity to refutation”

This article was first published by The Independent. I have long been toying with a business idea, but never had … Continue reading “Anti-capitalism: a booming industry”

The law of diminishing marginal utility is one of the most basic concepts in economics. What it means is that … Continue reading “This is not a ‘neoliberal’ age. This is an age of hyper-statism”

Is Capitalism a force for good in the world? At the IEA’s THINK conference on 11 July 2015, Johan Norberg … Continue reading “The triumph of capitalism”

It has become increasingly difficult to make a case for the morality of markets even though free market capitalism has … Continue reading “Free market capitalism and morality”

The question of whether the BBC is institutionally biased to the left and/or anti-capitalism (not necessarily quite the same) might … Continue reading “Does the BBC have an anti-capitalist bias? A critique of “Promises, Promises: A History of Debt””