It is claimed that robots, algorithms and artificial intelligence are going to destroy jobs on an unprecedented scale. These developments, unlike past bouts of technical …

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Nanny State Index – Nicotine Supplement

7 May 2018

Our new league table of nanny state regulation shows that punitive taxation and excessive regulation of safer nicotine alternatives has increased across the EU. …

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Growing protectionism after the financial crises

2 May 2018

The weak global GDP growth since the financial crisis in 2007-2009 has coincided with unusually weak growth in global trade.
The average global tariff …

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Fast Food Outlets and Obesity: What is the evidence?

6 April 2018

Several local authorities in Britain have introduced ‘zoning laws’ to restrict fast food outlets within a certain distance of schools. Public Health England, the …

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Socially Useless? The Crucial Contribution of Finance to Economic Life

28 February 2018

Financial firms serve many useful functions which individuals and households could scarcely undertake on their own. These functions include maturity transformation, matching lenders and …

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Brexit offers opportunities but no guarantees in determining how free market the UK will be

25 May 2018 // Jamie Fraser

The potential that Brexit provides the UK to expand its traditional free market principles cannot be understated; unilateral free trade for example could …

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New Zealand is a testament to the benefits of market liberalisation – and a warning of the subsequent back peddling that can arise

24 May 2018 // Jamie Fraser

Jamie Whyte at the First Economic Freedom Summit, addressing liberalising reforms in New Zealand
The transformation of New Zealand’s economic policy from 1972 …

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What have the Swiss ever done for us?

21 May 2018 // Kristian Niemietz

This article was first published under the title “Danke, Schweiz” in the Basler Zeitung, a Swiss daily newspaper. Translation by the author.
Classical liberal …

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Lithuania Commemorates the First Respect for Taxpayers Day

LFMI // 11 May 2018

Today, on May 11th, Lithuania commemorates the first Respect for Taxpayers Day. On this occasion, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) has launched The Charter …

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Doing more with less: The future of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020

Jamie Fraser // 11 May 2018

On May 2 the European Commission released a Communication that outlined the Union’s overall budgetary plan for the 2021 – 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework …

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What we get wrong about technology

11 April 2017 // Tim Harford

Fans of Blade Runner – and I am one of them – have to admit that the film has a few moments that, to modern eyes, …

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