Patrick Minford

Patrick Minford is a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher and Professor of Applied Economics at Cardiff University.

Articles

Economics

Short-term economic thinking is crushing our growth

It is clear from all the pre-Budget rumours that we are being prepared for another massive increase in taxes. I say another because the previous Tory government had already hiked them. Now the reason being given is that there is a ‘black hole’ in the public finances – more or less the same reason given […]