government spending
Was furlough the worst £70 billion ever spent?
Concorde obviously. The Iraq War perhaps? Or Scottish devolution? It is not hard to come up with a list of…
The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
James McAvoy is wrong – the arts are better off without subsidy
The season of cringe-making acceptance speeches at arts awards ceremonies is nearly over, thank heavens. But it hasn’t passed without…
High-speed fail
A year ago the electoral strategies of the two main parties seemed set. The Conservatives would stand as the party…
Arthur Laffer: cuts succeeded where stimulus failed
High government spending increases unemployment and slows economic recovery
