Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s decision to give away 99 per cent of their $45bn Facebook wealth has received a … Continue reading “Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg should use his fortune to promote freedom – not do-gooder causes”

“Strikes have the added benefit that they give people a nice opportunity to signal their ideology to others”, a friend … Continue reading “Power or productivity? Why we disagree over tube strikes”

Earlier this year, the Work Foundation published a study of inequality in Britain that threw up some uncomfortable findings for … Continue reading “The Spirit Level – how does it measure up where it matters?”

During an interview on the BBC last week, at the start of ‘Fairtrade Fortnight’, I made a number of arguments … Continue reading “Let’s get the facts straight on ‘fairtrade’”

Who would have thought that protectionism could be entertaining? Professor Ha-Joon Chang’s lecture at the LSE last Thursday, part of … Continue reading “Developmentalism: old wine in new bottles”

The government recently announced a series of measures designed to make Britain a low-carbon economy, including a large expansion of … Continue reading “The dark side of climate change policy”

Who would have thought that protectionism could be entertaining? Professor Ha-Joon Chang’s lecture at the LSE last Thursday, part of … Continue reading “Developmentalism: old wine in new bottles”

I was shocked but delighted to learn that Elinor Ostrom has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in economics. Elinor Ostrom defies … Continue reading “Ostrom on institutions: complex solutions can spontaneously emerge”

The government recently announced a series of measures designed to make Britain a low-carbon economy, including a large expansion of … Continue reading “The dark side of climate change policy”