SMF Chief Economist, Nida Brought, writes about our latest Chalk + Talk session which discussed wealth inequality and what (if anything) should be done about it.
The Social Market Foundation has published a briefing document entitled Osborne's New Choice ahead of the Autumn Statement exploring the Chancellor's plan to target a surplus on the structural current budget by 2017/18.
This report illustrates the highly paradoxical nature of the housing market: whilst housing is viewed as a private problem, it remains a very political issue; although housing comprises a principal determinant of quality of life and shortage of housing undermines quality of life, many individuals oppose an increase in supply.