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Is all GDP created equal?

Scott Corfe of the Social Market Foundation* has with his team produced an eye-catching report about gambling regulation**. The major…

Mar 10, 2021

Mar 10, 2021

The defeat of the Treasury must not be final

For most advisers toiling within government, the standard daily routine is simple: “wake up/go to work/try to do things/get told you can’t…

Sep 30, 2019

The defeat of the Treasury must not be final

Sep 30, 2019

Burke, and being against “the coercive authority of such instructions”

When I first heard the words “MPs don’t get to choose which votes to respect” (repeated loyally by the PM and Party Chairman) my first…

Sep 1, 2019

Burke, and being against “the coercive authority of such instructions”

Sep 1, 2019

Ian Mulheirn says UK housing is not a supply problem. No one can prove him wrong

(sorry, this has been public for a couple of days now on https://freethinkecon.wordpress.com/)

Aug 26, 2019

Ian Mulheirn says UK housing is not a supply problem. No one can prove him wrong

Aug 26, 2019

Time for macro-economics to get political once more

A former No10 colleague asked me recently: is there a definitive guide out there to how monetary and fiscal policy work together? What…

Aug 21, 2019

Time for macro-economics to get political once more

Aug 21, 2019

What’s your problem, it’s only two quid!

There are plenty of rubbish jobs, but surely none as daunting as the Treasury official tasked with telling a desperate new government what…

Aug 16, 2019

What’s your problem, it’s only two quid!

Aug 16, 2019

The voting system is driving our politicians mad

After the first big Brexit Postponement, the Euro elections and all that excitement, the day job in No10 became somewhat dull. There are…

Aug 12, 2019

The voting system is driving our politicians mad

Aug 12, 2019

Bad in theory, fine in practice: an insider account of the Energy Price Cap

Around midnight one early October I found myself in a Manchester hotel room, facing a furious Chancellor (in black tie) and his aides…

Aug 9, 2019

Bad in theory, fine in practice: an insider account of the Energy Price Cap

Aug 9, 2019

Who the hell put you in charge? On Spads and management

How to manage the abrupt disconnection of a 45 year commercial relationship? Why not “stick randomly appointed political hacks atop…

Aug 6, 2019

Who the hell put you in charge? On Spads and management

Aug 6, 2019

Sod the Overton Window

First, if you were wondering why the blogging has been light, a short recap…

Aug 4, 2019

Sod the Overton Window

Aug 4, 2019

Giles Wilkes

Giles Wilkes

Recently finished thirty months in Downing Street advising on industrial strategy, energy, competition and more. Stints at the FT, the business department,etc

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