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Len Shackleton.

What are the real costs of the recent strike wave?

24 August 2023
Economic Theory

What are the real costs of the recent strike wave?

Len Shackleton
24 August 2023
Last summer a wave of strikes began, which still continues. This has mainly affected the public sector, with the NHS, … Continue reading “What are the real costs of the recent strike wave?”

Beware the unseen consequences of labour market regulation

31 July 2023
Labour Market

Beware the unseen consequences of labour market regulation

Len Shackleton
31 July 2023
Jobs in today’s Britain are dramatically more attractive than even in the recent past. Pay in real terms is two … Continue reading “Beware the unseen consequences of labour market regulation”

Oxfam is up to its old anti-capitalist tricks again…

13 July 2023
Markets and Morality

Oxfam is up to its old anti-capitalist tricks again…

Len Shackleton
13 July 2023
What is it with Oxfam? This huge international charity, founded in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief to … Continue reading “Oxfam is up to its old anti-capitalist tricks again…”

Diversity? What diversity?

23 June 2023
Society and Culture

Diversity? What diversity?

Len Shackleton
23 June 2023
The IEA’s occasional left-wing sparring partner, Richard Murphy of the Tax Justice Network, tweeted this week about the Bank of … Continue reading “Diversity? What diversity?”

Why the current strike wave is not a 1970s re-enactment

2 June 2023
Labour Market

Why the current strike wave is not a 1970s re-enactment

Len Shackleton
2 June 2023
This week we have been enduring yet another round of ‘industrial action’ on the railways. It’s very difficult to keep … Continue reading “Why the current strike wave is not a 1970s re-enactment”

The anti-productivity coalition that is holding back Britain

3 April 2023
Economic Theory

The anti-productivity coalition that is holding back Britain

Len Shackleton
3 April 2023
“Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it’s almost everything.” Paul Krugman’s truism came back to me last week when I … Continue reading “The anti-productivity coalition that is holding back Britain”

The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill: an expensive smokescreen

1 March 2023
Economic Theory

The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill: an expensive smokescreen

Len Shackleton
1 March 2023
The Government has announced that all social housing managers in England will now be required to gain formal housing qualifications. … Continue reading “The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill: an expensive smokescreen”

Labour market statistics: go with the flow

21 November 2022
Labour Market

Labour market statistics: go with the flow

Len Shackleton
21 November 2022
The gloomy news about the economy makes it likely that we will be seeing higher unemployment in the near future, … Continue reading “Labour market statistics: go with the flow”

Where have all the self-employed gone?

14 November 2022
Labour Market

Where have all the self-employed gone?

Len Shackleton
14 November 2022
Much is being made at the moment of the rise in economic inactivity, and of the fact that total employment … Continue reading “Where have all the self-employed gone?”

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