22 June 2009
Britain now faces its worst ever peacetime fiscal crisis , yet our politicians seem incapable of grasping the seriousness of the situation.
8 September 2010
Earlier this year I published a report estimating British government debt at £4.8 trillion. However, over the summer the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published … Continue reading “It’s official – the British government owes trillions”
15 October 2009
The International Monetary Fund has just presented perhaps the gloomiest forecast for Britain’s public finances so far. It predicts that by … Continue reading “Conservative economic policy is timid and unimaginative”
17 September 2009
What’s the easiest way for a government to push their country into the top ten in a worldwide ranking of … Continue reading “From an inflation-fuelled state-run economy to an overregulated high-tax economy”
14 July 2009
● John Blundell on the need to guard think tanks against undue influence ● Roger Bate explains why Britain is sailing … Continue reading “Economics on the web (14.07.09)”
22 June 2009
Britain now faces its worst ever peacetime fiscal crisis, yet our politicians seem incapable of grasping the seriousness of the situation. Indeed, … Continue reading “UK debt crisis: politicians must wake up and smell the coffee”
21 April 2009
As the sterile thinking of incumbent politicians will not be sufficiently radical to reverse the growth in the size of … Continue reading “IEA Bloggers’ Budget”
7 April 2009
Anatole Kaletsky [The Times, April 6] says the G20 countries are right to borrow and spend even more than they … Continue reading “Après nous le déluge”
2 April 2009
Gordon Brown may be advocating a further fiscal stimulus as a means to promote economic recovery at today’s G20 meeting, … Continue reading “G20: cutting public spending should be the main priority”