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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 …
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 …
16 February 2018
A ‘free’ banking system without a central bank provides incentives for banks to act with restraint. Their lending policies are, in effect, tied to …
5 February 2018
As the world’s leading international financial centre, London faces fascinating opportunities as well as some significant challenges in coming years. This is as a …
29 January 2018
The reselling of tickets for events has a long history, dating back at least to Roman times. Such secondary markets in tickets are no different …
25 January 2018
The rise of the ‘tech giants’ is, of course, a significant commercial threat to more traditional media, but it also raises some potentially important …
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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, …
Catherine McBride // 11 April 2018
One year after the triggering of Article 50 an acceptable deal on financial services between the UK and the EU now looks likely. In …
Shanker Singham and Kay Neufeld // 10 April 2018
In a last-minute move, President Trump granted several key allies exemptions from the steel and aluminium tariffs that came into effect recently. Apart from …
Annabel Mempel // 6 April 2018
American economist Bryan Caplan recently published “The Case Against Education” in which he explains how the United States needs to reform its current education …
Chris Snowdon // 15 March 2018
‘You can’t just point at things and tax them,’ said the singer Myleene Klass to Ed Miliband in a TV debate about the ‘mansion …
Ryan Bourne // 14 March 2018
Suppose the government redistributed to every adult Briton a basic, unconditional income of £10,000 from tax revenues. Would aggregate employment levels a) rise, b) …
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