The huge economic harm caused by Covid-19 is seen and experienced clearly and directly on a daily basis. Less obvious is the damage wrought in every welfare-driven democracy whose government finds itself in the dual-role [more…]
Dear Chancellor, Fiscal Discipline The government reaction to the Coronavirus pandemic hypothesis has bordered on hysterical, but we are where we are & the unprecedented national debt is estimated at over two & one half [more…]
More than six months have elapsed since the devastating lockdown measures were first imposed on the nation, since when we have been shrouded in a fog of confusion and ineptitude. The authorities may have been [more…]
“When the tide goes out you discover who’s been swimming naked”. Thus spake the sage of Omaha, Warren Buffet. When government ministers are floundering, manifestly out of their depth, you know, despite all official protestations, [more…]
Those of us struggling to get a grip on Chancellor Sunak’s latest relief-measures should note the terminology. He seeks to revive the Covid-stricken economy with a series of tax “giveaways”. When anyone in government talks [more…]
Britain’s Keynesian press & public service broadcasters view President Roosevelt’s New Deal as something to ‘put on a pedestal’ (Guardian June27). Sadly the New Deal has gone into main stream academic & political economic archives [more…]
Lockdown rules have made extensive use of the word “essential” in relation to goods, services, journeys and jobs that may be exempted from lockdown strictures. It sounds like an objective standard, but interpreting it is [more…]
The title of Kristian Niemitz’s latest book, “Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies”“Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies”, is easily explained by the current crisis. We are experiencing a re-emergence of a giveaway [more…]
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