YES – says Andy Mayer Unusually, as an elected local Councillor I am directly involved in these decisions. Back in … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Should public sector wages be frozen to help pay for Covid?”

Researchers at Deutsche Bank (DB) have proposed an additional tax on people working from home “to help those who cannot”. … Continue reading “Why a tax on homeworking is a really bad idea”

John Mills’ new book, The Elephant in the Room (published by Civitas and the John Mills Institute for Prosperity), leads … Continue reading “Book review: “The Elephant in the Room” by John Mills”

The closure of the original job retention scheme (CJRS) at the end of October is focusing attention again on the … Continue reading “How high will UK unemployment rise?”

It’s hard to add much to the debate over whether or not the Bank of England (BoE) should cut its … Continue reading “Is there any case for negative interest rates?”

The hit to the UK economy and the public finances from the pandemic and the persistent weakness of both investment … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Should we devalue the pound?”

There is a lively debate among economists about the ways in which UK statisticians have estimated the impact of Covid-19 … Continue reading “The relatively large fall in UK GDP partly reflects better data”

Imagine that the government could simply print whatever money it needs to guarantee everyone a decent income, fantastic public services, … Continue reading “Beware the siren call of Modern Monetary Theory”

The IEA has just published a new Covid-19 Briefing Paper that I have written, Coronavirus and the Economic Value of … Continue reading “There’s nothing wrong with trying to put a monetary value on a human life”