Today’s public sector borrowing figures revealed that public sector net debt in May had exceeded the nation’s GDP for the first time since March 1963 and suggest...
As the Chancellor prepares for Wednesday’s Budget, Politeia’s new publication, The UK’s Taxable Capacity - Has Britain Already Reached the Upper Limit?, explains that a holding budget...
Britain's long term economic future might best be served by a holding operation in next week's budget, says economist David B. Smith*.
As the latest GDP growth figures are published, the economist David B Smith,* explains that they bring reasonably good news on UK trade, but perturbing news on...
Today’s announcement that Theresa May plans to rush through a public sector pay rise comes on top of the £25bn per annum plus for the NHS...
Friday 12th October 2018: The public spending ratio expressed as a share of GDP was only just entering the zone of fiscal sustainability following ten years of...
A £40bn Boost for the UK Economy? The economics of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Publication: Immediate Link to PDF: The Brexit Settlement and UK Taxes Politeia’s Director, Sheila...
The Brexit team should not be blinded to the costs of ‘orderly Brexit’. There would be substantial macroeconomic benefit from using some of the UK’s post-Brexit EU...
The Economy is now central to the 2015 Election battle, with party leaders lining up against rivals’ pledges. All appear to promise more government/public spending on favoured...
As the debate over 1930s spending ratios looks set to dominate the New Year’s political debate, Dr Sheila Lawlor introduces Politeia’s new analysis by the distinguished economist,...