Poverty campaign groups in the UK are heavily fixated on increasing welfare transfers and expanding social services. To organisations like … Continue reading “Towards a free-market anti-poverty strategy”

The poorest twenty per cent of households in Britain spend an average of £1,286 per year on ‘sin taxes’, including … Continue reading “The consumption taxes that keep people poor”

The negative consequences of putting ‘sin taxes’ on products when demand is inelastic are well known. Almost invariably, they hurt … Continue reading “Denmark’s fat tax disaster – the proof of the pudding”