Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
Let’s begin with a few quotes from Adam Smith to set the context for the following discussion about why free trade matters: “After the division of labour has once thoroughly taken place, it is but a very small part of these [necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements] with which a man’s own labour can supply him. The …
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This year’s Budget will go down as the one that brought an official end to austerity. Although some tax increases from earlier periods have still to work their way through the system, spending increases will mean a return to pre-austerity levels in the next couple of years. Indeed, Robert Chote, the outgoing head of the …
I recently had the great pleasure of hosting what I think is the first conference devoted to the view of the Black community in the UK on Brexit and its implications for them, held on the 15th March at CMS McKenna, Cannon Street, London. It was also one of the best I have been at …
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