Kristian Niemietz

Dr Kristian Niemietz is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), and author of the books ‘Redefining the poverty debate’ and ‘A new understanding of poverty’. He holds a PhD in Political Economy from King’s College London, and an MSc in Economics from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.

‘Don’t tell me NHS workers aren’t motivated by self-interest’

It's time to admit the NHS is the most overrated system in the world

Hurrah for yet another chance to exercise your democratic right

I voted Brexit but I know we have to keep free movement of people

Osborne's Autumn Statement is a hall of smoke and mirrors

A hacker wearing a Vendetta mask using a laptop

Guy Fawkes mask-wearing anarchists are lining businessmen's pockets

A protester lights a flare near Big Ben

Don't like capitalism? You're really not as cool as you think you are

"Whatever the industry, at least two out three respondents to a recent YouGov poll said that they wanted to see it nationalised. There is also widespread support for most types of price controls."

I hate Corbyn's economic policies, but the public wants them

London commuters during the last Tube strike

Call me a heartless neoliberal, but those taking part in the Tube

An Ikea employee gazes into the abyss of an Ikea warehouse

The living wage may be a fashionable left-wing idea, but we don't

The message displayed on the monitor of a Piraeus Bank ATM in Athens. The Bank of Greece has recommended imposing restrictions on bank withdrawals

Get off your high horses, lefties – Big Government, not 'austerity',