Replacing the UK’s Town and Country Planning Acts with a more liberalised, market-led zoning system would represent a radical shift - probably the biggest planning reform since the 1947 Act itself.

It has been enthralling in a ghoulish way to watch Birmingham descend into a chaos of rat-riddled rubbish.

Spending on people usually commands more attention from the political process than does spending on things.

The Securities and Exchange Commission says insider trading occurs when an investor knows of ‘material nonpublic information’ and then uses that information in violation of a duty to refrain from trading or sharing the knowledge.

The old order has been swept away. Let us try something new.

There are no permanent victories in the battle for liberty and the economic prosperity that it engenders.

We have all encountered the practice of shrinkflation, where producers reduce the size or weight of their product to avoid having to increase its price.

While the UK’s Department of Health campaigns against people becoming fat and urges them to slim down, there is a strong case for slimming down the Department itself.

Tariffs are a counter-productive policy, both misconceived and damaging to those who impose them. The new tariffs imposed by President Trump will make US goods more expensive for US consumers.

Many years ago I published a paper entitled ‘The Paratransit Light Vehicle.’ It examined ride-sharing schemes in several world cities. These included the Philippine jeepneys, the Argentine colectivos, the Turkey dolmus, the Israeli sheruts and others.

The UK government could encourage more firms to fund student fees in exchange for post-graduation employment commitments through a mix of financial incentives, regulatory support, and awareness campaigns.

The problem is that many young mothers want to return to work to boost the household income and living standards and to fulfil themselves.