We are delighted to see that 'Inflation Is About More Than Money' by Brian Griffiths has been selected as a 'Best Summer Book of 2025: Economics' by Martin Wolf

Everyone hates stamp duty. Everyone knows an annual property tax would be better. But no one has come up with a plan that: 1️⃣ Fully removes stamp duty 2️⃣ Leaves no one worse off than on the current system 3️⃣ Raises money for the Treasury from day one Until now. There are a

Holiness must blossom precisely where decisions are made that affect the lives of thousands of families. The world needs entrepreneurs and leaders who, out of love for God and neighbor, work for an economy that serves the common good. It is possible to be both an entrepreneur and

A supposedly targeted form of welfare provision appears to be serving as a form of demand support for the automotive industry, to which some within the sector feel entitled or believe is essential to their economic success. https://t.co/lGVvx8XRI4

The Laissez-Faire Experiment considers the consequences rather than the causes of industrialisation, asking how well limited government in mid-19th century Britain worked and why it was abandoned in favour of greater interventionism. https://t.co/eQtW8EYu0e

The Laissez-Faire Experiment considers the consequences rather than the causes of industrialisation, asking how well limited government in mid-19th century Britain worked and why it was abandoned in favour of greater interventionism. https://t.co/eQtW8EYu0e

As Lant Pritchett often points out, GDP per capita is more than sufficient to capture overall progress. Measures such as “Basic Needs” or the “Social Progress Index” — inspired by the Stiglitz Commission’s work — add little of substantive value. First, I’m always surprised that

A new blog from our recently appointed director: Just who are 'working people'? https://t.co/RVdXs3t58J

"The UK is almost alone in experiencing falling employment rates since the pre-pandemic era." Suggests it's not due to Long Covid. https://t.co/EUEcdXOQXo

The Laissez-Faire Experiment considers the consequences rather than the causes of industrialisation, asking how well limited government in mid-19th century Britain worked and why it was abandoned in favour of greater interventionism Review by @MarkKoyama https://t.co/eQtW8EYu0e

The Laissez-Faire Experiment considers the consequences rather than the causes of industrialisation, asking how well limited government in mid-19th century Britain worked and why it was abandoned in favour of greater interventionism Review by @MarkKoyama https://t.co/eQtW8EYu0e

Martin Wolf: The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour

Fiscal dominance watch. In US, Trump demands lower rates to make the debt easier to service. In Japan, new PM says BOJ should not tighten. In UK, Farage opposes QT. And now in the eurozone ...

People's work matters too much for it to be used in a divisive tax narrative. https://t.co/RVdXs3t58J

- 85% of founders don’t think the government understands the needs of entrepreneurs - 79% of founders think life as an entrepreneur has become harder since they started their business - 88% of founders have a negative view of the current level of taxation - 72% of founders

In the popular imagination, the US economy is certainly rich in total. But most people who think about the matter probably assume the US partly secures those overall riches by tolerating much higher inequality than is normal elsewhere in the developed world (certainly than in

In a new review for CEME, @VincentGeloso critically engages with the arguments by Thomas Piketty in the famous author's 'A Brief History of Inequality' https://t.co/j5zbfUlpbT

Everyone's talking about tax rises - but what about tax fixes? In a pretty unusual intervention, @CPSThinkTank has teamed up with @CenTaxUK, @ASI, @IPPR, @NEF, @jrf_uk, @WeAreBrightBlue, @LabourTogether & @DanNeidle to argue for sweeping, pro-growth tax reform & simplification.

Economists, lawyers and urbanists often look to places like zoning-free Houston, the private places of St Louis, and privately developed exurban communities like Irvine. There we see rules about land use emerge between residents and via developers. A couple of years ago I wrote

A new blog from our recently appointed director: Just who are 'working people'? https://t.co/RVdXs3t58J