Mark Littlewood: “The climate has shifted against us”
The outgoing head of the Institute of Economic Affairs on whether the UK will ever turn to free-market economics again.
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Politicians were informed in 2016 that the line would overrun its costs, yet that message never reached parliament.
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Believing in scarcity leaves us poorer
In a time of food insecurity and climate catastrophe, we mustn’t be tempted by apocalyptic Malthusian prophecies.
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Economic orthodoxy is a trap
The big prize in politics will be won by the leader who breaks with the existing order.
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The town that was gambled away
Thurrock Council has been left effectively bankrupt after hundreds of millions of pounds were put into risky investments.
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Is anybody running the Bank of England?
It’s the young and poor who pay for their relentless hike of interest rates.
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Is the Bank of England raising interest rates too far?
The base rate has risen to 5.25 per cent. Will it do more harm than good?
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Why Britain is broke, with Ed Conway
The Bank of England can't break the cycle of economic pain.