The state of Maryland in the US has amassed an $8.5bn incentives package for Amazon, hoping to land the company’s HQ2 in the suburbs outside Washington, D.C. The Hill reports that this is one of the […]

In my report on the British Corporate Welfare State, I pointed out that tax credits and housing benefits subsidise employers. In the report, I estimate that tax credits and housing benefits make up almost half […]

The Institute of Directors have raised questions about ‘picking winners’ in the new industrial strategy going forward IoD and others highlight skills shortages and danger of industrial strategy that intervenes against ‘market choice’ From the […]