Many people are increasingly worried about the slow pace of school reopening in the UK. The focus has mainly been … Continue reading “School closures carry a heavy economic price”

This week the IEA and Civitas published a joint paper, Rebooting Britain, on the economics of the Covid-19 crisis, written … Continue reading “The UK economy should be able to reboot itself, if markets are allowed to work properly again”

This Sunday the Observer ran a frontpage story headlined ‘rightwing thinktanks call time on austerity era’. I was quoted in … Continue reading “No, Observer: free-market think-tanks have not changed their tune”

YES – says Julian Jessop Extending the lockdown for a further three weeks is unlikely to make a huge difference … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Is the UK government right to extend the lockdown for 3 more weeks?”

It is understandable that some people are on the lookout for villains to blame in this time of national crisis … Continue reading “In defence of “short selling””

Toby Young has been given plenty of stick for an article which asked whether the UK government has overreacted to … Continue reading “Is the lockdown worth it?”

No-one can have failed to notice the half-empty supermarket shelves and long queues for essentials. Loo rolls even rivalled flowers … Continue reading “The economics of panic buying”

The news that the number of people working on zero-hours contracts has risen to a record high has prompted fresh … Continue reading “Why zero-hours contracts are a good thing”

The Labour Party has set out plans “to deliver fast and free full-fibre broadband for all by bringing parts of … Continue reading “Labour’s ‘free broadband’ would come at a heavy price”