government spending
The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
James McAvoy is wrong – the arts are better off without subsidy
The season of cringe-making acceptance speeches at arts awards ceremonies is nearly over, thank heavens. But it hasn’t passed without…
High-speed fail
A year ago the electoral strategies of the two main parties seemed set. The Conservatives would stand as the party…
Arthur Laffer: cuts succeeded where stimulus failed
High government spending increases unemployment and slows economic recovery
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‘They always have to muck around
with Macbeth, don’t they?’
‘She just wants to chill and have
greatness thrust upon her.’
‘No one’s noticed that he’s
resigned over Brexit.’
‘I have the usual middle-class attitude to drugs.’
‘On second thoughts, I’d give the bins a miss.’
‘They have a very short shelf life.’
‘I remember quiet days like that.’
‘The tension’s unbearable
— I can’t bear to watch.’
‘...and agree on Brexit as long as you both shall live.’
