The Liberal Party in the United Kingdom implemented a number of economic policies between 1900 and 1915 that aimed to promote economic growth and development while putting an emphasis on social welfare in what became the beginnings of the welfare state. The party’s focus on free trade, social welfare reforms, and infrastructure investments helped toContinue reading “Left-wing Liberals”
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Britain’s Decline: 1950-79
John Maynard Keynes revolutionised the Economics profession. Through developing the foundations for the New Keynesian consensus that occupies policymakers today. However, successive Labour and Conservative governments stuck religiously to the Keynesian demand-management model, neglecting the supply-side performance of the economy that continuously lagged behind its peers. Heavy government intervention, a key tenant of the originalContinue reading “Britain’s Decline: 1950-79”
Financial Regulation Pitfalls
The financial industry is the largest market in the world. Under intense scrutiny amidst the Financial Crisis of 2008, Western economies such as the UK and US took to heavy regulatory reform and clamped down on speculative behaviour. However, this proved costly for economic growth – producing a wave of unintended consequences that render aContinue reading “Financial Regulation Pitfalls”
Land-Value Tax: Least bad?
Britain’s reputation as a rentier economy on the global stage continues to solidify with Chancellor Hunt’s decision to soak the productive wealth creators with higher taxes without going after the property hoarders and unproductive wealth extractors. Examining ways to tackle unproductive rent-seeking behaviour is crucial to rescue the British economy from its managed decline thatContinue reading “Land-Value Tax: Least bad?”
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