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Articles by Emile Woolf

Economics

The Chancellor’s “Autumn Mis-Statement” – An Exercise in Fiscal Subterfuge

4th December 2023 Emile Woolf 2398 Comments

The deeply embedded disconnect between hype and reality looms larger than ever in government thinking. A little over a year ago Liz Truss attempted a dose of supply-side reforms to address the country’s desperate need [more…]

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Government’s real role has limits

30th October 2023 Emile Woolf 2805 Comments

President Ronald Reagan said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”. We wonder whether he appreciated their full truth. The role of government [more…]

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Internal Combustion Fraught With Danger

2nd October 2023 Emile Woolf 2722 Comments

“Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”. This ominous observation, made by nineteenth century American poet Henry Longfellow, confronts rulers riven by internal discord so deep that it immobilises any capacity for coherent action. [more…]

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Intentional Causes and Unintentional Effects

18th September 2023 Emile Woolf 2868 Comments

Ursula Von der Leyen, Chief of the European Commission, complains bitterly that the Chinese are keeping the price of their electric cars artificially low by “giving their manufacturers huge state subsidies, and this is distorting [more…]

Capitalism

Testing the Socialist hypothesis

14th August 2023 Emile Woolf 2801 Comments

Kristian Niemitz, Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, wrote a book last year that explores the reasons why the idea of socialism persists as a viable economic system. In “Socialism: the Failed [more…]

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The tragedy of a rudderless society

5th June 2023 Emile Woolf 2405 Comments

The definition of “family values” in most dictionaries includes features such as “upholding the moral and ethical principles of fidelity, honesty, truthfulness; and values that promote the sound functioning of the family, at the same [more…]

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Characteristics of Government Today

9th May 2023 Emile Woolf 2419 Comments

Two hundred years ago Lord Macauley wrote “the measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out”. This intriguing insight is as  true of [more…]

Economics

The lack of affordable housing? Blame it on 12 years of interest rate-suppression

27th March 2023 Emile Woolf 2721 Comments

The other evening my wife was watching Question Time on BBC 1. I wandered into the room and listened for 5 minutes, hearing panel members pontificating on what their respective political parties would do/are doing [more…]

Business

Is The Pendulum Swinging Back To Sanity?

13th March 2023 Emile Woolf 3125 Comments

I detect signs of a nascent backlash. There seems to be a realistic hope that people are waking up to the reality of the prevailing insanity inflicted on them by officialdom in all its guises. [more…]

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