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Is the left antisemitic?
Jeremy Corbyn has had a rough couple of weeks. After the Salisbury poisoning he failed to condemn Russia, the following week he was forced to fire Owen Smith [...]
Free speech: an absolute
It should be clear to most that free speech is an absolute: you either have it or you do not – there is no grey zone. Free speech is not the freedom to say [...]
A libertarian’s approach to the death penalty
The death penalty has been abolished in all but one western country: The United States still practices it (in 31 of the 50 states), and since the Supreme Court [...]
Hat-gate and Corbyn’s unsavoury sympathies
Jeremy Corbyn’s response to the poisoning of a Russian former double agent on British soil has once again put the spotlight on the Labour leader’s [...]
South Africa’s radical land reforms – and lessons for the British electorate
On 15th February Cyril Ramaphosa became the 5th President of South Africa since the fall of Apartheid in 1994. His ascent to the top job was a fait accompli [...]
Is Trump right? Do tax cuts increase pay?
In the immediate aftermath of the passing of the Trump tax reform, the ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’, in December 2017, headlines told of companies bestowing pay [...]
Does the trade deficit matter?
With the threat of trade war in the air, the trade balance is once again getting a lot of attention. US president Donald Trump wants trade barriers to [...]
Women’s pay: You can’t close a gap that doesn’t exist
This year new legislation comes into effect, which requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations showing the gap in pay [...]
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 [...]