Blogs

January 14, 2010

Examining the bigger picture of the tragic earthquake in Haiti.

January 6, 2010

While most of us were enjoying our Christmas turkey, Obama, Hu and the EU bureaucrats were busy at work implementing a bit of festive protectionism. They all imposed new- or extended old- tariffs...

October 20, 2009

Blame famine on trade restrictions - not on climate change or lack of foreign aid, says Julian Morris in...

October 12, 2009

When government takes action to help the poor, it often has the opposite effect to that intended.

February 8, 2008

A recent World Bank report on technology and development (The Economist, 7 Feb. 08, subscribers only...

February 4, 2008

Our friend and colleague Barun Mitra, head of Delhi’s Liberty Institute, has a great piece in Monday’s LiveMint.  ...

January 30, 2008

BBC News reports that Turkish Professor Atilla Yayla was given a 15-month prison sentence on 28 January for "insulting the memory...

January 22, 2008

For the moment, the news from Kenya is called "good": Odinga's confrontational rally shelved; Kibaki...

January 17, 2008

I have been reading many contributions on the unfortunate developments in Kenya. Few addressed the fundamental...

October 6, 2005

Speech by Tony Leon MP, Leader of the Democratic Alliance