Prof. Patrick Minford
Prof. Patrick Minford is a macroeconomist holding the chair of Applied Economics at Cardiff University where he directs the Julian Hodge Institute of Applied Macroeconomics.
Free trade is worth billions
Ministers need to send Brexit modelers back to re-do their sums
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Elegy for the phoneless youth
The lost romance of growing up without the internet
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone