Monthly Archives: March 2010

The announced 10 % tax rise on cider will without doubt do more damage than good. Although it is somehow designed to safeguard our health, it will almost certainly have the opposite effect, as consumers switch to cheaper brands. Magners … Continue reading →

The Conservative party could lay the foundations for high long term GDP growth, if it has the courage to enact real reform in the supply side of the economy, particularly in the provision of services currently provided by the state. … Continue reading →

It can to a large extent be argued that Adam Smith is the father of our current prosperity. Relative to previous centuries and millennia the twentieth century saw an unprecedented increase in prosperity, particularly in the west, Japan and South … Continue reading →

Although expansionary government spending is often done with good intentions such as promoting growth or fighting poverty, in the long term it has precisely the opposite effect. High government spending leads to higher taxation, which leads to a decline in … Continue reading →

By Redian Ohrey Investor confidence in an economy is always strong when there are high standards of governance, transparency, accounting and financial reporting. The importance of sound accounting and financial reporting for investor confidence has recently been amply illustrated by … Continue reading →

By Redian Ohrey The Entrepreneur is the key to economic growth and job creation. Real growth in the economy is directly linked to the support offered to entrepreneurs. This means five key points. 1 Promoting an open economy. This means … Continue reading →