Exactly. Impossible to prove because as you say economics is not an experimental science. However the bulk of evidence at the micro and macro level as well as economic theory and common sense suggest… (View Post)

Germany is the sick man of Europe faced by a devastating energy price shock. If you compare the UK to the EU as a whole we were clearly outperforming in the decades running up to Brexit and since the… (View Post)

The UK used to grow faster than the EU average both in aggregate GDP and in per capita terms, and since Brexit has grown slower than the EU average. How much of that one attributes to Brexit will alw… (View Post)

By far the biggest function of the modern state is to look after people in their old age through pensions, healthcare and social care. So it's hardy surprising that as society ages the state keeps ge… (View Post)

ICE raids intensify: is nowhere off-limits? (View Post)