F. A. Hayek’s motivation for writing The Road to Serfdom (1944) was his fear that measures needed to conduct World … Continue reading “Beware the normalisation of illiberalism”

Rejoice, citizens! For in the People’s Republic of Coronavirus Britain, a target has been met. At one level, the UK … Continue reading “The case against policy targets”

Economists have always had a soft spot for Henry George, the 19th century American author of Progress and Poverty, who … Continue reading “For our high streets, there will be no “return to normal” any time soon”

The continuing lockdown is going to have a devastating effect on the livelihood of many groups in the population. Attention … Continue reading “The impact of lockdowns on the labour force participation of older workers”

One of insights of UK political strategists of all stripes has been the necessity of paying homage to the idea … Continue reading “NHS workers should be wary of NHS populism”

After the 2008 financial crisis, there was no shortage of “hindsight sages”, who, supposedly, had been warning us about this … Continue reading “Ignore the self-publicists – nobody has been “vindicated” by coronavirus”

YES – says Julian Jessop Extending the lockdown for a further three weeks is unlikely to make a huge difference … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Is the UK government right to extend the lockdown for 3 more weeks?”

All around the world, anti-capitalists are currently united in the hope that the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus could finally … Continue reading “Beware the “Coronfirmation Bias” of socialist intellectuals”

This past week, testing for Covid-19, or the lack of it, has been the main focus of criticism of the … Continue reading “Corona trade-offs: some issues with “test, test, test” and “track and trace””