‘Britain is today experiencing the longest period of sustained economic growth since records began in 1701.’ Gordon Brown, Budget Speech, … Continue reading “GDP: nonsense on stilts”

The recent decisions to retain the ‘Bush tax cuts’ in the United States and to withdraw the trillion-dollar-plus expenditure bill … Continue reading “An obituary for Keynesian economics: born 1936 – died 2010”

Gordon Brown and Ed Balls became famous as a pair for their infamous gobbledygook speech in which “post-neo-classical endogenous growth theory” … Continue reading “Brown, Africa and “big ideas” – a dangerous combination”

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?”

The Prime Minister is, apparently, intending to introduce a “Fiscal Responsibility Act” to tackle Britain’s scandalously bad public sector finances. … Continue reading “Public spending cuts will be very painful”

Gordon Brown and Ed Balls became famous as a pair for their infamous gobbledygook speech in which “post-neo-classical endogenous growth theory” … Continue reading “Brown, Africa and “big ideas” – a dangerous combination”

I was in a taxi yesterday and after a brief chat about cricket and the virtue of the iPhone, the taxi … Continue reading “How important was Tony Blair?”

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?”

It is difficult to know where to start in writing a blog post about George Osborne’s proposals to ban high-street … Continue reading “Micro-management to continue – the “Brownborne” era”