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Against the man of system

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at innovative dynamism after Covid-19. This latest paper, by economics professor Dr Arthur M. Diamond, Jr, makes the case that the state lacks the entrepreneurialism and innovation provided by the private sector — and both struggled to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and should...

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I owe you

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at a Churchillian solution to covid debt. This latest paper, written by Dr. Eamonn Butler and Gabriel Stein, argues that the Government could finance debt accrued from Covid-related spending in the same way as Britain has done for past wars: using ‘consols’: The Government...

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Blind Man’s Buff?

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at the UK Net Zero strategy. This latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, Peter Edwards and Michael Kelly, outlines the uncertainties and challenges facing the UK’s Net Zero by 2050 strategy whilst proposing a potential solution. The UK's Carbon Net Zero by 2050...

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Draining our pockets

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how the global tax cartel could cost Britons billions. This latest paper, written by Julian Morris, outlines how the global minimum tax proposal would endanger Britain’s national interest: One-hundred and thirty six jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, have agreed to negotiate two new...

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Build me up, level up

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at popular homebuilding while boosting local communities. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, co-published with C|T Local analyses a groundbreaking new poll about attitudes to housing reform:  The housing crisis, in which too few homes are being built where people want to live, is...

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It’s easy being green

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how to embrace nuclear energy, a border-adjusted carbon tax, and clean free trade. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, in conjunction with the British Conservation Alliance (BCA), and authored by BCA policy director Connor Tomlinson outlines a market centric approach to tackling environmental...

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