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Oxfam’s global inequality statistics: don’t believe the anti-capitalist hype

18 January 2016
Labour Market

Oxfam’s global inequality statistics: don’t believe the anti-capitalist hype

Ryan Bourne
18 January 2016
The media is running with Oxfam’s annual ‘shocking’ statistic on wealth. This year “the richest 62 people have the same … Continue reading “Oxfam’s global inequality statistics: don’t believe the anti-capitalist hype”

Beware Oxfam’s dodgy statistics on wealth inequality

19 January 2015
Welfare

Beware Oxfam’s dodgy statistics on wealth inequality

Ryan Bourne
19 January 2015
Global capitalism has eradicated poverty and generated prosperity in the developing world at an unprecedented rate. You might imagine that … Continue reading “Beware Oxfam’s dodgy statistics on wealth inequality”

Freeing the poor from the cost of environmentalism

4 February 2013

Freeing the poor from the cost of environmentalism

Kristian Niemietz
4 February 2013
Even in its current shackled and constrained form, modern capitalism still has a lot to show for it. One of … Continue reading “Freeing the poor from the cost of environmentalism”

Childcare: how to price the poor out of the market, and then subsidise them back in again

28 January 2013

Childcare: how to price the poor out of the market, and then subsidise them back in again

Kristian Niemietz
28 January 2013
When New Labour came to power, one in five children lived in a household with no adult in work, so … Continue reading “Childcare: how to price the poor out of the market, and then subsidise them back in again”

Abolish the CAP, let food prices tumble

18 January 2013

Abolish the CAP, let food prices tumble

Kristian Niemietz
18 January 2013
Imagine there was a Food Tax which had the effect of raising food prices by, say, 17% on average. The … Continue reading “Abolish the CAP, let food prices tumble”

The poverty lobby: single-issuers whose single issue is no longer relevant

8 January 2013

The poverty lobby: single-issuers whose single issue is no longer relevant

Kristian Niemietz
8 January 2013
Anyone who has ever read half a page in a Public Choice textbook will, if nothing else, at least have … Continue reading “The poverty lobby: single-issuers whose single issue is no longer relevant”

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