The public finances tell the tale of the steadily improving economy (despite...
It is now ten years since the financial crisis struck, gaining ferocity in September 2008 with the collapse of Lehman. Recession began in 2008 with a fall in GDP of 0.5%, followed by a fall of 4.2% in...
View ArticleWhy a World Trade Deal – Brexit on WTO terms – would be highly advantageous
Today Economists For Free Trade publish A World Trade Deal: The Complete Guide, namely a WTO-based exit from the EU. This has been made necessary by two things: the mess in our negotiations with the EU...
View ArticleIt’s time the Chancellor came clean about his absurd Project Fear economic...
This weekend a large number of economists, businessmen, and politicians have signed a letter asking the Chancellor to publish the work underlying his Brexit forecasts. These forecasts have been leaked...
View ArticleWhy we should ignore the Treasury and Bank of England’s latest attempts to...
The Treasury and Bank of England are at it once again, trying to terrify us into abandoning Brexit. The Treasury has just produced its new report on all forms of Brexit including Theresa May’s...
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A UK-US free trade deal could boost national output by £80 billion and cut UK...
The key promise of Brexit is free trade with the world, while we continue to trade freely via a trade agreement with the EU. In the internal Brexit debate, attention has been monopolised so far by our...
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How the Treasury, Bank of England and Civil Service have let us down over Brexit
Soon after graduate school I joined the Treasury as an economic adviser and worked alongside economists from the Bank of England and the rest of the Civil Service. We were proud to be bringing...
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A bad Withdrawal Agreement can be renegotiated in the context of post-Brexit...
In the below article, Patrick Minford writes in a personal capacity. In the latest discussions on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration (WAPD), two views have emerged about the...
View ArticleWhy a US-UK trade deal ought to mean us finally getting some sense from Brussels
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already made it clear he will urgently look for a trade deal with President Trump. From a purely political viewpoint, this clearly makes sense in a world where the EU...
View ArticleBusting more myths about the free trade deals we can do around the world...
The usual anti-Brexit groups, including the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, the IFS with its Green Budget Citibank partner, and the King’s College economists who run the ESRC’s The UK in a...
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