Jeremy Corbyn’s resounding victory last Sunday has consolidated the dominance of paleo-socialism, not just over the Labour Party, but over … Continue reading “More Denmark, less Venezuela. Could there be a pro-market left in the UK?”

It is normal to feel sympathy for the 15,000 employees of Tata Steel who are set to lose their jobs … Continue reading “Steel is not a ‘strategic’ industry (if such a thing exists)”

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, think tanks such as the IEA had a difficult time. We were told … Continue reading “The proto-Corbyn years of the 1970s were awful”

Jeremy Corbyn and his shadow chancellor John McDonnell are desperate to be seen as economically credible. As part of this, … Continue reading “Why the advent of an “expert committee” doesn’t make Corbynomics any less scary”

“Nobody advocates socialism anymore. It is now all just about reforming capitalism.” I must have heard this lazy cliché in … Continue reading “Attacks on Corbyn are a distraction – it is Corbynomics that needs tackling”