From the Blog
Iceland: a return to the right, a retreat from the EU
Last month, the prospect of EU accession was enough to bring together Serbia and Kosovo towards normalising relations. But on the other side of the continent, Iceland has voted in a eurosceptic government that is determined to keep the EU candidate country independent...(read more)
Green energy subsidies - the cost to households
Green energy subsidies will cost every British household £600 a year by 2020, a leading industry analyst warns in a Civitas paper published today. The cost to consumers of pursuing EU renewables targets is set to rise above £16 billion per annum, when VAT is taken into account, Dr John Constable writes in Are Green Times Just Around the Corner?...(read more)
Full-life tariffs are not the whole answer
On Wednesday 15th May, Theresa May addressed the Police Federation to offer longer prison terms for anyone killing a police officer. Its not an unreasonable idea. Officers are obliged to run towards trouble when the rest of the world is running away so a degree of extra deterrence makes sense...(read more)
To reignite growth: ban share buybacks?
Admittedly, the topic of share buybacks, when companies repurchase their shares to return money to investors, may not immediately set the pulses racing. However, if William Lazonick is right, cracking down on this practice may be crucial to getting investment rates back up and the economy back on track...(read more)
Globalisation and Dani Rodrik's Capitalism 3.0
The Harvard economist Dani Rodrik brought his critique of globalisation to a Civitas seminar in Westminster today. His vision for 'Capitalism 3.0' is concerned with the idea that a 'governance imbalance' has emerged with the rush to embrace globalisation...(read more)
