Economic policy articles
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Pro-growth economic policies counter climate change rather than contributing to it
The most vociferous crusaders in the ostensible campaign against climate change often sound less concerned with tackling greenhouse gas emissions and more with undermining pro-growth capitalism. Introducing her magnum opus, The Climate Book, anti-global warming avatar Greta Thunberg blamed the phenomenon on “racist, oppressive extractivism that is exploiting both people and the planet to maximize […]
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I told Liz Truss her economic policies were wrong, says Rishi Sunak
The prime minister and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer clash over ex PM at Prime Minister's Questions.
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Op-Ed: The wisdom of Andrew Mellon – a lesson in pro-growth economic policy
Economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway contend that “the seven years from the autumn of 1922 to the autumn of 1929 were arguably the brightest period in the economic history of the United States.” This decade is often described as the “Roaring Twenties” or “Coolidge Prosperity” for the significant economic growth and entrepreneurship that occurred. It is also a decade of controversy, and many economists and historians continue to debate whether or not the seeds of the...