What is fascism?
The word “fascism” is often used – and mis-used – to describe politicians and policies which are perceived to be somehow aligned with totalitarian ideas. But while it is often apparent right-wing policies that are described as fascist, in fact, fascism shares its ideological roots with progressive politics.
Indeed, to understand fascism, we [...]
How to answer the critics of capitalism – Part 1: Are workers being exploited?
Capitalism is having a tough time. These days few are willing to stand up in defence of free markets, trade and enterprise. The left has successfully revived an [...]
The alienation of the welfare state
Imagine a small town, Sticksville. About one hundred people live here. Most are self-sufficient middle-classers, but there is also a top and a bottom: the “1%” consists of [...]
Welcome to the University of Nonsense: The Grievance Studies Hoax
Not all the peer reviews of ‘Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon’ were positive. One thought that the authors [...]
Capitalism in the South Pacific
On the 28th of April, 1789, Fletcher Christian and his crew of disaffected seamen seized control of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty and set their captain, William Bligh, and [...]
The problem with inflation targeting
In central bank lingo, price stability somewhat preposterously means an engineered, predictable and stable increase in the price level. Most central banks, including the Fed, [...]
Labour’s plan for worker’s shares is both naïve and dangerous
A new dangerous and economically illiterate plan has been hatched by the UK's hard-left Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and presented to Labour’s conference in Liverpool: [...]
Baumol’s Disease: the expensive condition afflicting the public sector
The effect known as Baumol’s cost disease describes how salaries in sectors which has experienced no or low productivity gains still follow the general increase in salaries [...]
Socialist in mind, capitalist in deed
Socialism is having a renaissance. After having been totally discredited in the 1980ies, when the Iron Curtain fell and the failure of socialist doctrine was evident for all [...]
Gerard Casey and Libertarian Anarchy
By James O'Gallagher
Gerard Casey, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at University College in Dublin, Ireland, and an Adjunct Scholar at the Mises Institute, has [...]
Questions for the NHS fanatics
The National health Service is close to the hearts of the British public. As the service celebrated its 70’t birthday this summer, thousands marched in support. The banners [...]