Students are interesting, because we desperately need the export income, and - should they choose to stay - they are the very smartest kind of migrant. But I wonder at the effect on university incent… (View Post)

It is “hilarious” that laissez-faire Britons hold up the US and Singapore as two exemplary models. Singapore is essentially a planned economy, albeit a highly entrepreneurial entrepôt. The US subsidi… (View Post)

It is simply unsustainable to grow pensions beyond the rate of actual productivity growth. Pensions should be tagged to that, so that pensioners have some connection with the reality of where their m… (View Post)

One little-remarked feature of the new NZ coalition is that they have pledged to scrap proposed hate speech laws on the grounds of freedom of expression. This is very welcome, and it’s kind of distur… (View Post)

The US continues to subsidise like a maniac. It is one of the great misconceptions of British public opinion post-Thatcher, that the path to wealth lies in government non-intervention. No other count… (View Post)