Month: February 2018
What happens to the money when taxes are cut?
Modern economic debate is dominated by demand side economics. The tenets of Keynesian economic theory have so pervaded the spheres of politics and public [...]
Is there poverty in Britain?
‘Fifth of UK population now in poverty’ read alarming headlines in December 2017. The Joseph Roundtree Foundation had released a report claiming that 14 [...]
Why Americans should never give up their guns
In the wake of yet another school shooting in the US, gun control is once again a hot topic. And while the actual risk of ending up a victim of a mass shooting [...]
Debunking a couple of NHS myths
The NHS, we are used to hearing, is wonderful, infallible, ‘the envy of the world’, ‘the world’s best health service’, staffed by heroes - but [...]
Abortion and the NAP: a libertarian headache?
Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in modern politics, especially in the US, where, ever since the Supreme Court’s 1973 “Roe v. Wade” decision [...]
Mises v. Keynes: why the better man lost
Economic theory is not a field with too many dissidents. The teachings of John Maynard Keynes have broadly stood unopposed as the foundation of modern economic [...]