Interview with Chris Phelan
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States announced that inflation for the year to January was 7.5%, the highest rate in…
John Phelan is a fellow of the Cobden Centre and works as an economist at Center of the American Experiment. He is a graduate of Birkbeck College, University of London, where he earned a BSc in Economics, and of the London School of Economics where he earned an MSc. He worked in finance for ten years before becoming a professional economist. He worked at Capital Economics in London, where he wrote reports ranging from the impact of Brexit on the British economy to the effect of government regulation on cell phone coverage. John has written for City A.M. in London and for The Wall Street Journal in both Europe and the U.S. He has also been published in the journal Economic Affairs.
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States announced that inflation for the year to January was 7.5%, the highest rate in…
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As Britain emerges from the European Union with the freedom to set its own trading arrangements, clear thinking on trade is more necessary than…
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he economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) famously said, “in the long run we are all dead.” He wasn’t saying we should ignore the long…
Most of you will be familiar with a supply and demand graph. This shows a demand curve, which graphs the relationship between the price…
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I recently had the pleasure of addressing a meeting in Mankato, Minnesota, hosted by the Heritage Foundation on the subject of trade and its role in Minnesota’s…