Contents Summary The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the … Continue reading “Beyond Freeports”

This is the fifth in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #5 – Food”

Summary While the loose European monetary policy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are major drivers of inflation and the cost-of-living … Continue reading “Tackling Europe’s cost of living crisis”

Speaking to the Daily Express, IEA Head of Regulatory Affairs Victoria Hewson made the case for unilaterally opening our market … Continue reading “UK needn’t wait for FTAs to “start reducing tariffs and open our market””

Dear John, Competition policy currently has an undue emphasis on private business and impediments to competition arising from the activities … Continue reading “An open letter to John Penrose MP on the Competition and Markets Authority”

Summary Following the Covid-19 lockdown, the UK labour market faces much higher unemployment and reductions in labour force participation as … Continue reading “How to create new jobs”

Is carbon the new calorie when it comes to product labelling and transparency? Professor Philip Booth, Dean of Faculty (Education, … Continue reading “The post-Covid world does not need more regulation”

James Dyson’s decision to relocate the headquarters of his company to Singapore has sparked a hyperbolic and predictable outcry. Dyson, … Continue reading “The Dyson outrage is a load of hot air”

My biggest beef with the European Union has always been the way it stifles consumer-friendly innovation in the interests of … Continue reading “Yesterday’s Dyson ruling – a rare victory against the EU’s crony capitalist regulatory agenda”