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And the pursuit of happniness
With commentaries by Samuel Brittan and Melanie Powell. In "Happiness, Economics and Public Policy," Helen Johns and Paul Ormerod analyse the economic research that underlies politicians growing preoccupation with measures of 'well-being'. In a lucid and compelling analysis, written for economist...
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Carbon conundrum: how to save climate change policy from government failure
Politicians around the world have signed up to achieving carbon net zero by 2050, putting environmental taxes and subsidies at the heart of energy policy. This has created a complex and costly merry-go-round in which even fossil fuels end up being subsidised, a chaotic system that is wide open to...
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Catholic social teaching and the market economy
Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy provides a rigorous yet accessible discussion on the interrelating discipline of Catholic social teaching and economics. Philip Booth shows both how economics can have an effect on Catholic social teaching and how Catholicism itself can affect econo...
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Catholic social thought, the market and public policy
The last few decades have seen huge reductions in global poverty; improvements in education and healthcare; and, perhaps surprisingly to some, dramatic reductions in global inequality. We now seem to be entering a different era. Economic progress in richer countries seems to have stalled – not le...
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Does britain need a financial regulator?
It is difficult to imagine financial markets without a state regulator. But it was not so long ago that financial markets in Britain developed their own regulation, without government intervention. This monograph examines the economic case for a statutory regulator of investment transactions and ...
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Federal britain
This book proposes that the UK should develop a federal structure of government with only a small number of functions such as defence and border control being determined at the UK level. All other functions would be the ultimate responsibility of individual nations within the UK.
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Federal britain
The UK has the most centralised system of government amongst major economies. This results in poorer services, lower economic growth and higher taxes. We have also developed an approach to devolution that is incoherent and unstable. This short book proposes an entirely new set of constitutional a...
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In focus
This book provides a timely discussion of public service broadcasting and the future of the BBC. It is a blueprint for how the BBC could be freed from the shackles of the state to become a major player on the world media stage. It deserves attention from those with an interest in the BBC and broa...
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In focus
The BBC holds a special place in the world of broadcasting. It derives its funding from a compulsory levy on people who may not even use the service. The protection it receives is justified on the grounds that it contributes to national welfare because of its role in ‘public service broadcasting’...
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Pension provision
This monograph surveys the results of government intervention in the market for retirement income provision throughout the world. The authors begin by looking at high-income democracies in which governments have, to a large degree, taken over the function of providing pensions. They find that sta...
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Taxation, government spending and economic welfare
Amidst the debates about ‘austerity’ a number of vital debates in public finance have been sidelined. Because the reductions in government spending – small though they have been so far- have been designed to reduce the government’s borrowing requirement, there has been little discussion of whethe...
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The euro
At the outset of the euro, there was strong opposition to Britain's participation from most free-market economists. However, economists took more nuanced positions with regards to participation by the majority of current euro zone member states. Indeed, continental free-market economists were gen...
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The way out of the pensions quagmire
Presents an analysis of the problems of pension provision in the UK and a plan for reform. This book proposes a holistic approach to pension reform that takes proper account of the interaction between pensions, tax, social security and financial regulation.
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Verdict on the crash: causes and policy implications
This title features contributions from James Alexander, Michael Beenstock, Philip Booth, Eamonn Butler, Tim Congdon, Laurence Copeland, Kevin Dowd, John Greenwood, Samuel Gregg, John Kay, David Llewellyn, Alan Morrison, D. R Myddelton, Anna Schwartz and Geoffrey Wood. This book challenges the myt...
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