Infrastructure

The British economic establishment and what it tells us about Sir Keir Starmer’s newly elected Labour Government

Labour’s economic agenda for government is the political expression of British economic establishment - thinking shaped by Fabian socialist collectivism

Jul 6, 2024 •

Warwick Lightfoot

Bidenomics - the antithesis of Reaganomics?

Does President Biden’s legislative success invite the question: has Joe Biden undone the Reagan legacy and created a modern vision of Alexander…

Jul 16, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

Thames Water: Thin Capitalisation and the Credit Risk of Indexed Linked Corporate Debt

Thames Water's challenges reflect over use of debt and leverage, the retreat from public markets to private equity and the huge credit risk of indexed…

Jul 3, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

How useful in practice are estimates of public sector net worth?

Examining the liabilities and assets of public sector balance sheets may be analytically interesting but its not clear what practical value it has in…

May 19, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

Everybody likes infrastructure investment, but are its returns disappointing and its costs rising?

New research in America suggests that the costs of infrastructure have been increased by the increasingly complex planning and consultation processes…

Apr 2, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

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