In many ways we take the financial sector for granted. We tend to assume that we would be more prosperous … Continue reading “The financial sector: unpopular but useful”

“Name one EU regulation or law you would change?” This question is often posed to Brexiteers, usually by those who … Continue reading “Anti-competitive regulations and the harm they cause (Part 6)”

Attacks on the financial sector are commonplace. The Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Jeremy Corbyn have all been critical … Continue reading “It is fashionable to attack the financial sector. It is also ignorant”

There is no shortage of debate within Catholic social teaching about the extent to which markets should be regulated by … Continue reading “Catholic social teaching should confront the regulatory state”

This is an election where the likely outcome is “no change”. There will be no change to the government in … Continue reading “Over-regulation risks killing financial innovation at birth”

There is no shortage of commentators who blame Mrs Thatcher’s supposed deregulation of the City for the crash of 2008. … Continue reading “Thatcher started the regulatory tide”

In August 2010, the IEA published Does Britain Need a Financial Regulator? Written by Professor Philip Booth and myself, with … Continue reading “State regulation: a scourge on the financial landscape”

Almost everyone expected the Socialist Party to lose the recent Spanish elections by a wide margin. Their mismanagement of the … Continue reading “What needs to be done in Spain?”

Over the last few weeks, most economists have been trying to work out how we can deal with the crisis in … Continue reading “Disastrous Tobin Tax would hurt UK”