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Flaws and Ceilings
Price controls across many sectors are currently being hotly debated. New controls in the housing market, more onerous minimum wages, minimum prices for alcohol, and freezes on …
IEA Yearbook of Government Performance
Big government may be coming back into fashion. Public spending in Britain -- especially on services such as health, education and transport -- is on the increase. But how likely …
Economic Contractions in the United States
This monograph provides a detailed explanation how the Great Depression and the current financial crisis and economic contraction in the United States were both caused by and …
New Paternalism Meets Older Wisdom
What can today's behavioural economists learn from the classical liberals of the past? Here, Erik Matson offers critical reflections on what he calls 'the new paternalism' - a …
Crises of Governments
In this short book, Robert Barro, one of the world's leading economists, examines the causes and consequences of the financial crash. In particular, he looks at the effects of …
Monetarism and Monetary Policy
Ludwig Von Mises
Ludwig von Mises was one of the greatest economists and political scientists of the twentieth century. He revolutionised the understanding of money, inflation and recessions; …
Euthanasia for Death Duties
Death duties are now only a minor source of revenue to the British Exchequer (about 1.5 per cent of Inland Revenue receipts) and they now have few committed advocates. Nevertheless …
Privatisation, Competition and Regulation
Austrian economists regard utilities as exceptional cases where regulation may be justified. The long term aim for a public utility should be to '...turn as much as possible of …
Regulation without the State
The rising tide of government regulation in most countries is provoking a reconsideration of the extent to which the state whould lay down rules for others. Self-regulation and …
Global Warming
In this study the authors examine the so-called scientific 'consensus' about global warming. They argue climate change is a problem of great complexity, and such analysis as has …