Owen Matthews: We must expose Gary Stevenson’s economic snake oil for what it is

Owen Matthews: We must expose Gary Stevenson’s economic snake oil for what it is

Owen Matthews works in political risk insurance and is treasurer of the Queen’s Park and Maida Vale Conservative Association.  “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” With this piercing insight, Friedrich Hayek, a titan of economic thought, reminds us of the hubris that plagues self-styled reformers like Gary Stevenson. This self-proclaimed “economist” – a term…