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There’s no mystique about growth? – But step-one is to restore sanity

25th March 2024 Emile Woolf 2378 Comments

Over the years, my essays have charted the government’s descent from an ignorance of economic principles, all the way to sheer insanity. And there can be no reprieve while the public mind festers in the [more…]

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Economic Illiteracy and Dogma: this Budget encapsulates it perfectly

11th March 2024 Emile Woolf 2851 Comments

As usual, the meaningless minutiae of tax-fiddling in last week’s budget stole the headlines and obscured what’s really going on. It would help if the linguistics were clearer: a tax “cut” should simply refer to [more…]

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The Fallacy of Calls for "A Manhattan Project" to Solve National Economic Challenges

21st July 2022 Patrick Barron 3149 Comments

The World War II project to build an atomic bomb is seen by many as a template for government action to solve what appear to be national economic problems beyond the scope of private enterprise. [more…]

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Economic consequences – always ask: Who benefits?

2nd November 2020 Emile Woolf 2642 Comments

Things don’t just “happen”. Everything in the passing parade of phenomena is the result of something that preceded it: this is the world of cause and effect. Those appointed to hold the levers of power [more…]

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