The gloomy predictions of the Remain campaign proved ludicrously mistaken, but that does not mean there will never again be bad economic news.
The tax take is at its highest ever, and yet the Government is looking at ways to raise yet more taxes.
For relief and refreshment from the hucksters of the present day, turn to Jesse Norman’s account of the great philosopher from Kirkcaldy.
The Comprehensive Spending Review has to be seen as a way to reset the narrative. Government need to focus on reform as a positive – not expenditure.
We’re not only better than others at making choices about how to spend our own lives and money – it’s also extremely important for us to be able to do so.
In a balanced economy, the north would produce around £70 billion more. Here is one way to help close that gap.
None of these qualities necessarily stop you wanting things, knowing what you enjoy, and being able to weigh up how to decide.
As the miracles of Hong Kong and Singapore demonstrate, cheaper imports, rather than easier exports, are the big win. The trick is persuading voters to agree.
These concerns, however, often only add to the need for us to remain ethically and democratically engaged, particularly regarding the most emotive cases.
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union cites the way in which the OBR repeatedly fails to predict the deficit as an example of inevitable modelling errors.
If we fail, and usher in a Corbyn government, the price we will all pay does not bear thinking about.
Replying to Alex Morton’s column of a week ago, the ASI’s Senior Fellow argues that the response to the financial crisis was imperfect, but more right than wrong.
She will, today, talk of “identify[ing] ways to help young people make more effective choices when they leave school”. This could be promising.
It would be a mistake for the Conservatives to even try to recruit him. Instead, they should follow his lead of thinking – and saying – the unsayable.