America's diminishing economic liberty
The United States comes in at an unspectacular number 17 in this year's global economic freedom index. America dropped to its lowest ever position under Obama. The big question now is whether it will go up or even further down under the entirely unpredictable Trump administration
- 16 February 2017
What Finland knows that EU, US don't about economics
Keynsian economics is a failed relic of the Leftist past. Barack Obama, the EU (and most of its member states) don't get that. So hats off to Finland for pointing out the emperor has no clothes
- 4 October 2014
Secular stagnation and the big state
You might not have heard of "secular stagnation", but if you live in America, Britain or continental Europe you'd better get used to hearing about it unless we effect radical reform to the big state
- 19 August 2014
HS2 takes big government stupidity to a new level
The nexus between big government and big business rarely stinks more pungently than when it comes to major public infrastructure projects. HS2 is stupid and it's corrupt
- 29 April 2014
If big government is bad, how has the West prospered?
Libertarianism and free market economics will not survive without an answer to the conundrum of rising prosperity against a backdrop of increasing big government. Dan Mitchell from Cato has that answer
- 12 April 2014
Miliband: A million pound baby
Asset millionaire Miliband poses as a Bash Street Kid who is going to sock it to the “toffs”. But it is Miliband who is the toff and it is the strivers that he will hammer
- 20 March 2014
In praise of Germany. Well, kind of, relatively...
The moral of the story is that Germany shows that good things happen when spending is restrained, but long-run good performance requires long-run spending discipline
- 7 March 2014
How can sentient beings support a minimum wage?
Ask supporters of a minimum wage what would happen if it was raised to $100 per hour. Once they admit it would lead to massive job losses they’ve accepted the principle, from which point its failings are obvious to all intelligent people
- 25 February 2014
Another example of the failure of Keynesian economics
Simply stated, you don’t get more growth by expanding the size and scope of government. When will that finally sink in?
- 1 February 2014
UK living standards, and evidence on the 50p tax rate
It is taking time to get back to where real incomes were prior to the crash, but prudent, intelligent policies are getting us there. Oh, and as for Labour's 50p tax rate, we can sort that one out just by looking at the evidence
- 26 January 2014
Cognitive science tips for New year shopping: Really!
You might want to tell your significant other what the marketers know that you don't about New Year shopping and sales. They know cognitive science, and it's easier to understand than you think. Let an expert save you from the scams
- 30 December 2013
Obamanomics and the vanishing American worker
The most depressing bit of data from the Labor Department isn’t the unemployment rate. We should be far more worried about the employment-population ratio
- 9 November 2013
Keynsian economics as the perpetual motion machine of the Left
Politicians love Keynesian theory because it tells them that their vice is a virtue. They’re not buying votes with other people’s money, they’re “stimulating” the economy!
- 31 October 2013
Keynes, Balls, austerity, and what voters deserve
When it comes to boom and bust, it’s neither the fault of Labour nor the Conservatives – we, as voters, sort of get the economy we deserve
- 12 July 2013
Living in the Age of Keynes
Since 2008 we are supposed to have seen ‘The Return of the Master’. In truth he never went away. We’ve been living in the Age of Keynes for decades
- 18 June 2013
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