Shortly before being sacked, George Osborne announced a plan to reduce the UK’s corporation tax rate to less than 15%, … Continue reading “Objectives for a post-Brexit tax policy”

It really could happen. Republican candidate Donald Trump might win the presidency of the United States on an overtly protectionist, anti-trade ticket. In … Continue reading “Post-Brexit Britain should adopt unilateral free trade”

Let’s talk about our economy. Our ≈£2.66 trillion GDP is comprised of slightly less than £2.1 trillion of services. It … Continue reading “A comprehensive free trade deal must also guarantee freedom of movement”

If the so-called ‘EFTA/EEA option’ – leaving the EU, but staying in the single market, or in close vicinity to … Continue reading “Saving Brexit from the Brexiteers: why free-market liberals should support the EFTA/EEA option”

Predictably, those who demand more government spending both when the economy is doing well and badly are calling for increases … Continue reading “Six policies Prime Minister May should embrace to revitalise growth”

Before the referendum, it appeared that a Brexit vote would mean that the UK faced a clear choice on immigration … Continue reading “Ending free movement of people in Europe will create a bureaucratic nightmare”

“Businesses and markets hate uncertainty”. How many times have we heard that recently? In the aftermath of the referendum result, … Continue reading “Osborne and the government share some of the blame for post-Brexit uncertainty”

So Brexit it is. And if you believe many of the pundits opposing it, it would seem the UK has … Continue reading “The EU still doesn’t get it”

In the run-up to the EU referendum, a number of the most high-profile companies, institutes and departments went out on … Continue reading “Of experts and ‘experts’: economists and Brexit”