Economists should be humbled by Friedrich Hayek’s famous plea: “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how … Continue reading “Artificially limiting rises in house prices will do more harm than good”

Within two years of entering the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973, there was strong public support for Britain’s membership. … Continue reading “Why we’ve launched a prize to find a blueprint for Britain outside the EU”

In his speech in east London yesterday, Ed Miliband hoped to reframe the debate by outlining a distinctively Labour approach … Continue reading “Ed Miliband’s vision for future Labour welfare policies fell apart in the detail”

It is depressing to see education minister Liz Truss’s proposals to relax childcare ratios – which would have allowed nursery … Continue reading “Childcare reform could raise costs further after Clegg’s attack on ratios”

Apart from George Osborne, nobody really seems to like the Help to Buy scheme, the programme under which the government … Continue reading “Help to Buy issues won’t be solved by taxing speculators”

The statisticians will be arguing about the last quarter’s growth figures for years. Was it really a 0.7 per cent … Continue reading “Stagnation Britain: Osborne has played his hand extremely badly”