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We need a ‘Living Cost Week’, not a Living Wage Week

3 November 2015
Regulation

We need a ‘Living Cost Week’, not a Living Wage Week

Ryan Bourne
3 November 2015
It’s “Living Wage Week”. For seven days, the Living Wage Foundation’s campaign for employers to pay workers at least £8.25 … Continue reading “We need a ‘Living Cost Week’, not a Living Wage Week”

Ten mistakes that permeated the Channel 4 ‘How Rich Are You?’ programme on inequality (part 1)

13 November 2014
Welfare

Ten mistakes that permeated the Channel 4 ‘How Rich Are You?’ programme on inequality (part 1)

Ryan Bourne
13 November 2014
On Monday I appeared on a (recorded) Channel 4 ‘infotainment’ programme called ‘How Rich Are You?’ The appearance was sold … Continue reading “Ten mistakes that permeated the Channel 4 ‘How Rich Are You?’ programme on inequality (part 1)”

A simple answer to the housing shortage: Relax the planning strait-jacket

29 September 2014
Housing and Planning

A simple answer to the housing shortage: Relax the planning strait-jacket

Kristian Niemietz
29 September 2014
In a more rational world, planning reform would not be a tribal issue. It would, on the contrary, be an … Continue reading “A simple answer to the housing shortage: Relax the planning strait-jacket”

Sin taxes increase inequality and disproportionately harm the poor

26 September 2014
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Sin taxes increase inequality and disproportionately harm the poor

Glynn Brailsford
26 September 2014
Tax is the single biggest area of expenditure for low-income groups and indirect taxes in particular are a major cause … Continue reading “Sin taxes increase inequality and disproportionately harm the poor”

A real agenda to reduce the cost of living

25 September 2014
Energy and Environment

A real agenda to reduce the cost of living

Ryan Bourne
25 September 2014
Earlier this week, I outlined the red herrings that distort the debate about low pay and the cost of living. … Continue reading “A real agenda to reduce the cost of living”

The red herrings which distort the cost of living debate

22 September 2014
Housing and Planning

The red herrings which distort the cost of living debate

Ryan Bourne
22 September 2014
Since the publication of Kristian Niemietz’s seminal work Redefining the Poverty Debate in 2012, many of us have been arguing … Continue reading “The red herrings which distort the cost of living debate”

Through the roof

21 September 2014
Housing and Planning

Through the roof

Mark Littlewood
21 September 2014
In this new video for ieaTV, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood explains how liberalising the UK’s suffocating planning laws would … Continue reading “Through the roof”

Planning liberalisation is the closest thing there is to an economic silver bullet

17 September 2014
Housing and Planning

Planning liberalisation is the closest thing there is to an economic silver bullet

Ryan Bourne
17 September 2014
With low productivity, high inflation and terrible industrial relations, in 1977, Britain was a basket case. So that year, businessman … Continue reading “Planning liberalisation is the closest thing there is to an economic silver bullet”

What Owen Jones gets wrong (part 2 of 2: tax credits, low pay and a ‘Living Wage’)

14 September 2014
Regulation

What Owen Jones gets wrong (part 2 of 2: tax credits, low pay and a ‘Living Wage’)

Ryan Bourne
14 September 2014
Most politicians and commentators think the ‘cost of living’ and its inverse ‘low pay’ are areas of serious concern for … Continue reading “What Owen Jones gets wrong (part 2 of 2: tax credits, low pay and a ‘Living Wage’)”

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