Economist debate

It lasted two hours; it went round in circles as these things often do; and, for a conference of international horseracing federations it spent too long on the parochial issue of the court case in New South Wales about whether Racing NSW has the right…

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the debate on the increase in National Insurance Contributions for the self-employed is that it lays bare the lie that people are happier to pay more tax to fund the NHS. In December, the Guardian reported Lib Dem leader…

I was at a dinner last night with a number of political journalists and, among others, Roland Rudd, who is running the campaign to stay in Europe. I asked Mr. Rudd the following question: "It seems to me that one of the arguments to leave…