‘The terms “left” and “right” are from the 1789 French Revolution, where parties seated on the left wanted to replace the king and church’s power with liberty and equality. The modern left espouses the latter, not...
Read More“Mr Piketty’s crypto-Marxism, moribund ideology and muddled thinking are concealed by an intellectual sleight of hand. His book has been criticised by eminent economists and analysts, including Nobel laureates. He boasts about...
Read More“Economics is ultimately the study of wealth creation through the allocation of resources. What we do know, with some certainty, is that wealth inequality is fundamentally caused not by a failure of the market but by...
Read MoreDoes inequality between rich and poor really matter? Yes, if barriers exist due to lack of equal opportunity and prevent the poor from developing the capability to maximise their potential. No, if people are free and able to...
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