Is carbon the new calorie when it comes to product labelling and transparency? Professor Philip Booth, Dean of Faculty (Education, … Continue reading “The post-Covid world does not need more regulation”

Given eight million households in Britain have school-aged children, it is “nonsensical” to talk of opening the economy while schools … Continue reading “To resume normality, we must open schools”

In January, the IEA’s Director General Mark Littlewood wrote, in an article titled ‘Ignore the doomsayers’, that we should be … Continue reading “The roaring 2020s is not off the cards yet”

While many American cities are sinking under a wave of violence, the airwaves are, understandably, dominated by talk of racism … Continue reading “The economic dimension of prejudice”

Imagine we held a referendum on ending the lockdown today. It would make the EU Referendum, and the Brexit process, … Continue reading “An economic policy agenda for a post-lockdown recovery”

This Sunday the Observer ran a frontpage story headlined ‘rightwing thinktanks call time on austerity era’. I was quoted in … Continue reading “No, Observer: free-market think-tanks have not changed their tune”

It was Winston Churchill who reputably first said, “never let a good crisis go to waste”, this in relation to … Continue reading “Extending the environmental benefits of lockdown will also extend the economic harm”

Around 4.45pm on Saturday, September 2nd 1939, regular league football came to a halt. It didn’t kick off again until … Continue reading “Coronomics: don’t bail out the football clubs”

Many key workers, mainly but not exclusively in the NHS, are running significant risks of being infected with the Covid-19 … Continue reading “Covid-19, pay stuctures and compensating differentials: why we need greater wage flexibility”