by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
The UK’s public spending on housing benefit, which helps low-income families with housing costs, is out of control, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Paul Johnson notes that the government spent £22 billion a year on the benefit, double what it was...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
Most developed countries have seen their productivity growth slow in recent years, but the problem is especially acute in Austria, Klaus Weyerstrauss of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna points out, due to the country’s lack of natural resources and...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
As if Emmanuel Macron needed any more headaches, French public finances remain in a perilous state, warns the Institut Molinari. France could fall into the same trap as other countries with high debts, as debt service eats into social...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
Surprise, surprise, the public sector is a powerful source of inefficiency in France (as elsewhere). “Under-work” or underemployment by public sector workers — read, absenteeism and loafing — costs France E1.5B according to...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
The Henry Jackson Society explains why the South China Sea, where the Royal Navy has recently conducted freedom of navigation operations, remains a vital British...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
If you need to hear more reasons, bend your ear to the Hayek Foundation’s analysis, which hammers home the numerous flaws of the recent proposed EU laws.
