Economics
Why “buffer stocks” don’t work
Yet again, economists have failed to understand Smith
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
The best we can hope for
Brilliant psychologist Daniel Kahneman died this year
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
Reject Naominomics
Ideas like Naomi Klein’s are bad for the economy (and for the environment)
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
Deconstructing the pro-EU fantasies of the FT
22.5 per cent agrifood export growth? They must be joking
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
Why the Conservatives will be anti-woke
Standing up to the thought police is key to making change
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Recreational rioting
Is your right an existential threat to the nation or just blowing off steam? It depends on which flag you’re waving
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
