Preston’s Extremely Capitalist Experiment In Socialism
It's a pity that the senior economic correspondent of The Guardian doesn't quite understand the socialism and capitalism he speaks of. Here he's praising...
Gilet Jaunes Are About French Social Mobility, Not Redistribution
What is it that encourages the French to wear those yellow vests and curse President Macron in the streets? Other than being French of...
Cui Bono? The American Consumer, The Chinese Worker
Just who is it that has benefited from the rise in trade between the US and chine? Obviously, the US consumer has done so....
High Tax Rates Do Matter – They Deter Entrepreneurs
Heterogeneous - such an unlovely word. It just means that the effects depend. And what makes us richer as a society is the activity...
Having Cake And Eating It: Creative Destruction
Good old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – she's doing for America what Jeremy Corbyn has done for Britain. Much to the dismay of the secret socialists...
Make It Easier For Foreign Companies To Come And More Foreign Companies Will Come
Just another repeat of that economic classic - incentives matter. If it's easier for foreigners to offshore production into an economy then more foreigners...
20th Century Wealth Redistribution Went To The Upper Middle Classes, Not The Entire Society
Sure, Thomas Piketty tells us that there was distinct wealth redistribution in the 20th century. Something that is being reversed in this 21 st...
It’s The Green Belt That Causes London’s Inequality
It's true, this is not exactly and precisely the finding of this paper. But it's one that is consistent at least. Policy meant to...
What’s Wrong With The Austrians?
The Austrian School of Economics is little regarded by our leaders and bankers.
You know, the people who have repeatedly blown up our economies.
But why...
Does Getting Richer Really Make People Happier?
The contention that a richer society is not a happier one as a whole is the Easterlin Paradox. Quite how much it applies is...