Why end of communism didn’t make capitalism popular
The Left has successfully blamed market economics for policy failings of their own. The longer it is unfashionable to be a laissez-faire capitalist, the more people will suffer
- 23 January 2014
UK Left-Right divide hasn't sharpened. Corporatism rules
Despite Labour and Conservative rhetoric, Britain remains a corporatist economy. Most of what's at stake is who can manage it better. The corporates don't mind who's in power, because at the end of the day, they're still quids in
- 3 October 2013
Even Bono understands the need for capitalism
It’s big news when one of the world’s leading anti-poverty campaigners acknowledges that free markets are the best tool for improving the lives of poor people
- 26 September 2013
Everyone's a social democrat these days in Europe
Angela Merkel lets the mask slip for what is supposedly the European Right in extolling the "social market economy"...
- 28 June 2013
Sir Alex Ferguson – Arch capitalist
Sir Alex Ferguson is famously a staunch supporter of the Labour Party. But judge a man by his deeds, not his words alone
- 11 May 2013
Heavens on Earth: Exploiting human ingenuity
Thanks to free market capitalism more people are living better than ever before. Sadly, this lesson still needs reaffirming
- 2 April 2013
The Capitalist as hero: The virtue of Walmart
We should reflect on the beauty of a capitalist system which allows a man like Sam Walton to go from humble beginnings and create huge value for the world through employment, lower prices and more choices
- 29 March 2013
No contest: Capitalism vs socialism
We should celebrate how capitalism has made the poor substantially richer. And we must hope that it is not a lesson our political class forgets entirely
- 19 March 2013
Will Hutton: Old Nag
Will Hutton has written weekly for the Guardian/Observer for 15 years. Sooner or later anyone that prolific must drift from wisdom to self-parody
- 18 February 2013
How Ayn Rand's ideas can end Big Government
From bankruptcy and serfdom to a society that is free, prosperous and moral
- 28 January 2013
Owen Jones and the Left's fantasy economics
No matter how much living standards rise, wages increase, and technology continues to liberate our lives, it will never be enough for the Owen Joneses of this world
- 14 December 2012
Top 10 tips for budding celebrity activists
Navigating a liberal, 'progressive' world is not as straight forward as you might think for the political lightweights of the celebrity world. Here's 10 tips for budding celebrity activists...
- 20 November 2012
The evidence shows that welfare hurts the poor
The welfare state traps people in dependency. People in that situation naturally worry about who will take care of them, making them susceptible to social populists
- 14 November 2012
Crisis of statism not capitalism
If the extravagant spending promises of politicians outstrip the capabilities of even a well-functioning capitalism, that is not capitalism’s crisis, but a crisis of big government
- 9 October 2012
Morality tales are so taxing
It’s been a taxing time for Jimmy Carr but it is a reflection of a more general hypocrisy over the poor and taxation from the left rather than a morality tale
- 22 June 2012
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