On 11 November, the UBS European Conference 2015 hosted a panel discussion entitled ‘Income Inequality: Consequences and Solutions’. The IEA’s … Continue reading “Did inequality cause the Visigoth invasion of Rome?”

Following the Democratic rout in the American mid-term elections, defenders of limited government will wonder whether a Republican-led Congress will … Continue reading “Market independence or business as usual?”

There is a time and a place for ‘sloganeering’ – the use of casual phrases to communicate complex messages. In … Continue reading “A cardinal’s error on poverty and the free market”

Pope Francis’s Apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium is a manifesto for evangelisation that challenges every reader at every point in the … Continue reading “Papal pessimist”

Over at the Adam Smith Institute blog, Jan Boucek has a typically pugnacious article slapping down the Prime Minister for relying … Continue reading “Clearing up some confusion about ‘market failure’”

Capitalism has a problem. Increasingly it is viewed as a deeply unfair system favouring a small, privileged elite at the … Continue reading “Politicians are to blame if we have crony capitalists”

One of the most important issues in the ongoing economic controversy is whether the crisis is due to a “failure … Continue reading “A tale of three capitalisms”