Fair Trade is everywhere. All the big brands have bought into it and in some supermarkets certain products can only … Continue reading “Bitter truth about Fair Trade versus free trade”

The election campaign should be bringing on another Great Depression in the minds of all taxpayers. This morning Gordon Brown continued his … Continue reading “National Insurance: taking it out or putting it in?”

I sometimes wonder whether anti-globalisation activists have some kind of automatic text generator, which works more or less like this: … Continue reading “The noisy takeover: global protectionism and the death of free trade”

●  Philip Booth lectures on “Catholicism and Capitalism” at Westminster Cathedral Hall (video) ●  Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy argue … Continue reading “Economics on the web (25.03.09)”

It was interesting to see David Cameron’s library in the newspapers yesterday. There are some good choices there. Kynaston’s book … Continue reading “What Cameron is reading”

●  John Blundell advocates the privatisation of Britain’s forests – and explains why Adam Smith must be rolling in his grave. … Continue reading “Economics on the web (13.1.08)”