Writer

Alexander Escala

Editor-In-Chief of The Consilium

3 published articles

Against AI Regulation: The Innovation Cost We Cannot Afford

Premature AI regulation will entrench incumbents, drive research offshore, and fail to address actual harms. Existing laws are sufficient; targeted enforcement is better than new frameworks.

20 March 2026

Opinion

Raise the Minimum Wage: The Economic Case

Decades of evidence show that carefully implemented minimum wage increases lift incomes without the job destruction critics predict. The monopsony argument is compelling, and the distributional case is stronger than ever.

10 March 2026

Opinion

In Defence of Free Trade

The empirical case for free trade remains robust. Its distributional consequences require management - but the answer is redistribution policy, not protectionism.

15 February 2026