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Campaign watch with BI support

28/01/2010 | News

BI staff joined a group of young economists to start a non-partisan campaign watch for the parliamentary elections in April 2010.

The group will assess the programmes of the four parties that sent MPs to the European Parliament in 2009 and also their promises during the campaign. They will evaluate the focus and the coherence of the programmes, and wherever possible, assess their costs as well.

Government is merely a means to an end, viz. the happiness of the whole community and the individuals composing it. (James Mill, 1820)