Spending
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
We can’t afford not to reform public sector pensions
Reform would eliminate one of Britain’s largest long-term liabilities
Britain needs lower taxes now
We must escape our doom loop of taxing and spending
Giggling in the sea
At least British politics appears to amuse our politicians
Britain must balance its books
We have to face the facts and stop excessive spending
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform