Still lovin’ it? McDonald’s shows why a minimum wage hike is no free lunch

McDonald's has been a major target for US protestors advocating a significant minimum wage hike. A multi-billion dollar company with

October 27, 2014

Our obsession with inequality is dangerous – the emerging world knows better

Forget political polls and voting intentions. The most important survey of recent months came from Pew Research on the attitudes

October 20, 2014

This anti-immigration arms race exemplifies everything that’s wrong with politicians

"Race relations/immigration” is now ranked by voters as the most important issue facing Britain, according to Ipsos MORI. On 39

October 13, 2014

Lib Dems are confused on economic freedom: No wonder voters aren’t impressed

THE ORANGE Book, written by a group of Liberal Democrat thinkers and politicians in 2004, had a clear message for

October 6, 2014

Gutsy Osborne was right to gamble on a promise of further spending cuts

ED MILIBAND made a pitch for office that was so forgettable that he forgot it himself.” That line was the

September 29, 2014

Cost of living crisis myths: How Miliband could deliver a real pro-poor agenda

Labour’s party conference will see Ed Miliband try to shift public focus away from the Scottish referendum fallout and back

September 22, 2014

Planning liberalisation is the closest thing there is to an economic silver bullet

WITH low productivity, high inflation and terrible industrial relations, in 1977, Britain was a basket case. So that year, businessman

September 15, 2014

Labour’s faulty rent control plans reflect the shallowness of UK politics today

WHY DO politicians advocate policies which deal with the symptoms of problems rather than the underlying issues directly? In the

September 8, 2014

Our policymakers’ hostility to low-cost flying is hurting the worst-off

It’s that time of year when the City’s offices seem empty. For many families with children, these weeks represent the

August 11, 2014

Pork barrel UK: Buying off voters with taxpayer cash has serious consequences

THE CLASSICAL liberal French economist Frédéric Bastiat once said that “government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to

August 4, 2014