Why a tolerant society is not a free society
Individual freedom is the libertarian ideal, the abstract value which guides moral action. As a political idea, libertarianism emerged in the latter part of the 19th century from liberalism, the overarching political paradigm to come from the Enlightenment. Liberalism centred the individual, both as the architect of his own destiny through his faculty for [...]
Why Laurence Fox is right about 1917
The hitherto low-profile actor Laurence Fox hit the headlines last week after he appeared on BBC’s Question Time and spoke out against identity politics and political [...]
The perils of price controls
Most understand the principles behind the law of supply and demand. Higher demand leads to higher a price, incentivising higher production; higher supply leads to a lower [...]
What NOT to do about the young’s love for socialism
When Victims of Communism’s annual poll of America’s attitude
to socialism and capitalism was released in October, it was, once again, a
disturbing read. The poll, [...]
How the left won the culture battle but lost the war for votes
When Labour lost the 2019 General Election it upset a lot of
conventional wisdom. What was supposed to be Labour’s loyal base deserted them
and handed the win to Boris [...]
Now is the time to release British capitalism
Congratulations to the British Conservative Party. A fourth straight election victory after a campaign where, apart from their clear message on Brexit, once again the party [...]
Why the railways shouldn’t be nationalised
Labour has put nationalisation at the heart of their election campaign with rail, mail, utilities and broadband all on the list for expropriation. Nationalisation of the [...]
The proof that US poverty is rapidly declining
Politicians and activists of the left have long held that poverty is rising, or, at the very least, not declining in line with the overall gain in wealth experienced in [...]
Argentina’s election: lesson not learned
As if addicted to fiscal trouble and economic pain, Argentina has voted to hand the reigns of power once more to the left, which did so much damage to the economy when they [...]
The clear and present danger of Labour’s expropriation agenda
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has a radical vision for the UK economy. Tax rises for the rich, increases to the minimum wage and state benefits, large scale public [...]
Human progress and the price of light
In 2018, the Yale economist William Nordhaus was awarded the
Nobel Prize in economics for his work on integrating climate change into
long-run macroeconomic analysis. [...]