Welcome to the mature economy

The UK government and opposition have been flatlining for 3 years while the economy has been booming

Continue reading UK economy growing, UK parliament flatlining

The UK would benefit from LVT more than any other country. It will bring prosperity of all types: material, environmental, and welfare. It’s comparable to the Victorian slum clearance program in its effects on society

Continue reading Land Value Tax: Why wait longer?

Environmentalist candidates may gain votes in the 35 local elections to take place on 2 May 2013 if they publicise the little-known Growth and Infrastructure Bill.

Continue reading Big environmental vote in the May 2013 English elections

“Steel and Concrete Growth at All Costs” Bill will make it easier to build over footpaths and village greens

Continue reading £50 bn of life support for the “old economy”

What happened to the tax department employee who knew how to verify fair transfer prices?

Continue reading Did public sector job cuts destroy UK fixed assets?

The recession was probably over in 2009, before the present government came to power

Continue reading Was there a ‘double dip’ recession?

‘Zombie’ is used to describe a firm with low productivity, and there are an increasing number of them. But are all of them headed for the knacker’s yard, or is their proliferation a healthy sign of reduced barriers to entry?

Continue reading ‘Zombie’ firms: coming or going?

UK economic growth has been underestimated, a team of economists from London University confirms. Remember, you heard it here first!

Continue reading New study confirms that UK GDP calculation understates growth 2010-11-12

‘Labour productivity’ – units of calculated GDP per labour hour – is falling. Is the UK private sector broken? No, ‘calculated GDP’ is.

Continue reading Solving the Productivity Puzzle

Adam Smith would have scorned the ‘invisible hand of the market’

Continue reading Misrepresenting Adam Smith