We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…

is this the impact of the National Insurance rise in the Budget? "demand for staff in the UK was the weakest for 4 years in November as Budget tax increases have spread gloom over the pre-Christmas jobs market, according to a survey of UK recruiters" www.ft.com/content/0f43...

Here’s something I’ve written about Fantasy Football and the planning system. capx.co/what-the-pla...

“Should Trump enact his tariffs, they will be paid for by American consumers through higher prices on everyday goods. Americans went to the polls with the intention of defeating inflation, not to facilitate its return through bad trade policy.” Me in Newsweek www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from the Adam Smith Institute

In September, I presented my thoughts to the New Directions conference in Dunboyne. You can hear my thoughts alongside the Fortius think tank (Spain) and the Austrian Economics Center (Austria. You can watch it below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsZD...

Great to return to my beloved LSE for an excellent lecture by Bruce Caldwell on Hayek, 50 years on from him Nobel Prize.

Really great to have Dr Victoria Bateman join us at Freedom Week, this year. Speaking on why the liberation of women made the West rich. A fascinating discussion.