WATCH: Stride – ‘Income inequality is at its lowest level on record’

“It would be wrong if we blunt those wealth creators who are not only making wealth, but are also paying taxes.”

WATCH: Ici Londres – The tide of history flows away from the EU’s imperial delusions, argues Hannan

“If size were the key to success, China would be wealthier than Hong Kong, Indonesia would be wealthier than Singapore, and the EU would be wealthier than Switzerland.”

Yes, the world really is better than ever. But why do the left refuse to accept that fact?

The wonderful reality of human progress continues to contradict the miserablist rhetoric of the modern left.

WATCH: Ici Londres – What causes poverty? Silly question, says Hannan

The really interesting question is: what causes wealth? And the answer is clear enough – specialisation and exchange.

Kieron O’Hara: How liberalism can undermine the foundations on which it is built

Put harshly, it can be the ideology of the free-rider, the citizen who neglects the demands of citizenship.

Corbyn’s message will enthuse his membership

There is also significant support for some pretty extreme socialist policies among the wider electorate.

Iain Duncan Smith: In office, I worked to tackle the roots of poverty. My new mission is to deal with those of low productivity.

The Centre for Social Justice, which I am now chairing once again, is turning its attention to the quality of growth and jobs.

How can new trade deals work best?

Some answers from a seminar at Policy Exchange.

Christopher Snowden: Is envy of the super-rich by the rest of the rich driving the inequality debate?

Who are these people? They earn between £50,000 and £150,000 before tax. They are the natural aristocracy of white collar professionals.

James Cartlidge: I will vote Remain because I believe in the sovereignty that matters most – that of economic strength

Do people find sovereignty in a Parliament they regrettably take little interest in – or in actual power and the pound in their pocket: their job; their standard of living?

The Conservatives need to switch the debate from equality to poverty

Labour will always win a contest of which party is most hostile to the rich.

WATCH: Ici Londres – Dan Hannan MEP explains that if you’re watching this, you’re rich

Whenever people criticise “the rich”, they fail to mention exactly who they are.

Ed Miliband MP: To help realise Disraeli’s One Nation vision, you should vote Labour next week

My party seeks to build an economy which works for the many, not for the few.

Garvan Walshe: Piketty’s challenge is real. Here’s how to outflank him

Nor wealth taxes, but savings credits.

Hooray! We’re all much richer than we think we are

GDP is a convenient, but wildly inaccurate, measure of our true material wealth