John Mills
Growth pains
Why is the UK’s growth rate so low and how can we solve the problem?
Britain’s biggest challenge isn’t Brexit
‘Our biggest political and economic challenge is not Brexit. It is the fact that our growth rate has slowed to a crawl’
Let The Pound Fall Further
“The UK has had an overvalued currency since monetarism became the fashion in the 1970s”
Corbyniste Compromise
‘Can some synthesis between the idealism of the Corbyn camp and the pragmatism of Labour’s moderate wing produce a winning combination?’
Change the Exchange Rate
“Because no one is talking about the exchange rate, we are in danger of locking ourselves into entirely pointless and unnecessary austerity”
The Mansion Tax isn’t good for Labour
‘Why have many people who support the idea of local property taxation come out against the mansion tax?’
Cutting expenditure won’t cut debt
‘There is a much better way of reducing the deficit than austerity: get the economy to grow’
Investing in Freedom
“Most people in the West still cling to the view that freedom generates economic growth—but what happens if this is demonstrably no longer the case?”
Manufacturing Trouble
The root problem with the UK economy is that neither investment generally nor manufacturing in particular are profitable
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities