With its strikes, labour laws and taxes, why is France more productive than we are? A vital new report says it's because we don't build enough houses, infrastructure and power plants. My column today is on a leap forward for Conservative economic policy: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/2…

French workers produce 15 percent more than British workers per hour, despite being dragged down by heavy regulation, militant unions, and high taxes. Why? Because France builds more than Britain. Vastly more.

Ten years ago, humanity discovered a way to completely rid the world of malaria. To date this technology has gone unused, sentencing millions of children to an early and preventable death. That technology is the CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive.

How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin is a terrific survey and synthesis of the exciting research about the deep origins of growth that has blossomed in the last two decades. It's also on the shorter and more readable side. My review. goodreads.com/review/show/67…