The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Rachel Reeves has been urged by a coalition of leading economists, green campaigners, millionaires, fuel poverty groups and a ...

These economists, from Milton Friedman to Friedrich Hayek, to Ludwig von Mises, and the living Thomas Sowell ... wealth creation. The greatest harm is on the poor, who, even before this skyrocketing ...

The only reliable route map out of poverty ... Sowell continues: “What do the poor most need? They need to stop being poor. And how can that be done, on a mass scale, except by an economy that creates ...

It’s not the biggest political news of the week, but spare a moment to congratulate Kemi Badenoch on her election as leader of Britain’s embattled Conservative Party. Media jeremiads about how ...

The world is highly unequal. So what are global wealth inequality and income inequality? Explore these key terms and more.

In this installment, Sowell discusses the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action and his decades-long friendship with Justice Clarence Thomas. The intellectual giant has profoundly ...

the historian praised the new Tory leader for her “intellectual energy” and “personal authenticity”, and noted the influence of Thomas Sowell, the American economist, and the late Roger Scruton on her ...

Coaxing aging Supreme Court justices to give up their power and status during a window of political opportunity ... about the justices, Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel A. Alito Jr., 74, has ...

Vice President Kamala Harris' wealth comes from her decades in public service, book royalties and investments. Harris, 60, and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, also 60, are worth about $8 million ...

"The richest man in the world fluctuates over time but not all of them have been able or even wanted to spend money in politics in the past four presidential elections," Ciara Torres-Spelliscy ...

This deprivation is linked to political systems ... for fighting poverty. Many politicians, civil society leaders and leading researchers have pointed out, with a wealth of explanation and ...