Ben Ramanauskas, Author at CapX

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If we're going to have welfare, then let's make sure it works

Ben Ramanauskas - 15 Feb 2024

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Business

If Port Talbot steelworks goes under, what next?

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 Jan 2024

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Cheap food imports are nothing to fear

Ben Ramanauskas - 10 Jan 2024

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Trading places – why Labour shouldn't emulate Bidenomics

Ben Ramanauskas - 8 Dec 2023

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Milei's dollarisation plan isn't as crazy as it sounds

Ben Ramanauskas - 28 Nov 2023

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Cutting inheritance tax is not just fiscally unsound – it's unfair

Ben Ramanauskas - 20 Nov 2023

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Free marketeers should not welcome the collapse of UK steel

Ben Ramanauskas - 2 Oct 2023

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Indian summer – Sunak should hold out for the best possible free trade deal

Ben Ramanauskas - 8 Sep 2023

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Business

Time to throw Sunday trading laws on the scrapheap

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Dec 2022

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Too big to fail? Why it's time to think about splitting up the Home Office

Ben Ramanauskas - 19 Oct 2022

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Liz Truss is quite right to push on with the 'no fault' eviction ban

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Oct 2022

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Low-traffic cities would be a boon – both for our health and the British economy

Ben Ramanauskas - 7 Oct 2022

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Scrapping the post-Brexit farm scheme would be a big mistake

Ben Ramanauskas - 26 Sep 2022

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The truth about corporation tax

Ben Ramanauskas - 20 Sep 2022

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A massive uplift in R&D is vital to getting Britain 'working, building and growing'

Ben Ramanauskas - 7 Sep 2022

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A 'nuclear option' VAT cut won't fix the energy crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 31 Aug 2022

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Stop knocking the UK's great universities – fund them properly instead

Ben Ramanauskas - 22 Aug 2022

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Asia

For an impoverished nation, Pakistan's independence day is no cause for celebration

Ben Ramanauskas - 15 Aug 2022

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The Greggs licensing battle is a symptom of everything that's wrong with London

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Aug 2022

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Tax cuts are a fine idea – but they won't help the poorest deal with inflation

Ben Ramanauskas - 25 Jul 2022

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Asia

Sri Lanka's economic meltdown is a warning to the world

Ben Ramanauskas - 18 Jul 2022

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Asia

The next Prime Minister should follow Shinzo Abe's example

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 Jul 2022

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Whatever Geidt's reasons for resigning, the TRA row tells us something important

Ben Ramanauskas - 16 Jun 2022

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Don't listen to rent-seekers opposing cuts to food taxes

Ben Ramanauskas - 18 May 2022

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The case for privatising Channel 4 is deeply unconvincing

Ben Ramanauskas - 5 Apr 2022

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Why cutting fuel duty is not the best way to tackle the cost of living crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 23 Mar 2022

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Let's help sink Putin's regime by welcoming talented Russians to this country

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Mar 2022

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How to get the best out of an updated trade deal with Israel

Ben Ramanauskas - 9 Feb 2022

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Brexit

Remainers are wrong to disparage a trade deal with Greeenland

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Feb 2022

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Don't believe the stereotypes about the civil service

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 Jan 2022

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There's everything to gain from a trade deal with India – but it won't be easy

Ben Ramanauskas - 18 Jan 2022

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Forget tinkering with tariffs – here are five ways to ease the cost of living crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 Jan 2022

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A token VAT cut would do little to stave off Britain's energy crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 4 Jan 2022

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Hiking corporation tax is a terrible way to balance the books

Ben Ramanauskas - 6 May 2020

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National service - a bad idea that never seems to go away

Ben Ramanauskas - 28 Apr 2020

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Scrapping the Tampon Tax is not the way to reform VAT

Ben Ramanauskas - 10 Mar 2020

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The economics of Valentine's Day

Ben Ramanauskas - 14 Feb 2020

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From vaccine research to AI alignment, we must prepare for new threats

Ben Ramanauskas - 5 Feb 2020

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The economics of classic Christmas films

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 Dec 2019

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Tinkering at the margins is no way to help Britain's poorest people

Ben Ramanauskas - 4 Dec 2019

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Forget tweaking business rates, we need a Land Value Tax

Ben Ramanauskas - 25 Nov 2019

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A super-fast way to ruin Britain's broadband

Ben Ramanauskas - 15 Nov 2019

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History shows the folly of not dealing with our debts

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 Nov 2019

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Targeting billionaires misses the point about wealth creation

Ben Ramanauskas - 7 Nov 2019

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Labour should remember Milton Friedman's wise words on tax

Ben Ramanauskas - 28 Oct 2019

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The case for a workplace parking levy is overwhelming

Ben Ramanauskas - 23 Oct 2019

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America

He won't win, but Andrew Yang's policies deserve a hearing

Ben Ramanauskas - 16 Oct 2019

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Austerity works - now is no time for a massive hike in public spending

Ben Ramanauskas - 3 Oct 2019

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Business

The lessons of Thomas Cook's demise

Ben Ramanauskas - 23 Sep 2019

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The Technology Trap

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 Sep 2019

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Don't forget the role capitalism played in winning World War II

Ben Ramanauskas - 3 Sep 2019

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The economics of fantasy football

Ben Ramanauskas - 7 Aug 2019

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Five policies for Sajid Javid to boost productivity

Ben Ramanauskas - 29 Jul 2019

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It’s time for the UK to lift the outdated ban on electric scooters

Ben Ramanauskas - 17 Jul 2019

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Labour's misguided energy policy is already costing Britain

Ben Ramanauskas - 10 Jul 2019

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Business

British Steel's collapse is a tragedy for Scunthorpe, but a bailout is not the answer

Ben Ramanauskas - 22 May 2019

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The Lords have delivered a damning indictment of HS2

Ben Ramanauskas - 17 May 2019

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More bank holidays would mean less freedom for workers

Ben Ramanauskas - 3 May 2019

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What would Labour's plan to scrap 'slum housing' actually achieve?

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 Apr 2019

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Extinction Rebellion are wasting our time - and their own

Ben Ramanauskas - 15 Apr 2019

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Liz Truss is right to take a hard look at HS2

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Apr 2019

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Let's make Sunday the last time we turn the clocks forward

Ben Ramanauskas - 29 Mar 2019

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What has capitalism ever done for us?

Ben Ramanauskas - 20 Mar 2019

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Clamping down on tax havens is no way to get more from the super-rich

Ben Ramanauskas - 8 Mar 2019

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Still looking for love? Blame the planning system

Ben Ramanauskas - 14 Feb 2019

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Rising energy bills show the folly of ignoring history

Ben Ramanauskas - 7 Feb 2019

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The latest tax figures show why we need to get rid of stamp duty

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Feb 2019

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The myth of the idle rich

Ben Ramanauskas - 28 Jan 2019

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Britain's VAT system is not fit for purpose

Ben Ramanauskas - 17 Jan 2019

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The latest chapter in this sorry farce should derail HS2

Ben Ramanauskas - 14 Jan 2019

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The regressive consequences of targeting top earners

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Nov 2018

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Twenty-five years after privatisation, Britain would be mad to renationalise the railways

Ben Ramanauskas - 5 Nov 2018

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Technology, not just funding, is the key to a successful NHS

Ben Ramanauskas - 30 Oct 2018

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Business

Does the minimum wage work? It's more complicated than you think

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 Oct 2018

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Cuts to council budgets are no bad thing if they make local authorities up their game

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Oct 2018

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Good news: The green belt is shrinking

Ben Ramanauskas - 8 Oct 2018

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Labour's proposals will only deepen Britain's childcare affordability crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 26 Sep 2018

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Brexit

Old school McDonnell's plans would imperil the British economy

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 Sep 2018

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Justin Welby's calls for higher taxes are counterproductive and morally dubious

Ben Ramanauskas - 5 Sep 2018

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Immoral, ineffective and dangerous - it's time to get rid of Help to Buy

Ben Ramanauskas - 4 Sep 2018

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Business

Workers want flexibility - not more rules

Ben Ramanauskas - 30 Aug 2018

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Britain's technical education system needs a radical reboot

Ben Ramanauskas - 15 Aug 2018

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Brexit

Why the transfer window should be given the boot

Ben Ramanauskas - 9 Aug 2018

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Councils are playing a risky property game with taxpayers' money

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Aug 2018

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A greedy government is the biggest problem for struggling families

Ben Ramanauskas - 25 Jul 2018

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May should fund her NHS pledge with savings, not tax rises

Ben Ramanauskas - 17 Jul 2018

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To solve the cost of living crisis, we must rethink business taxes

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Jul 2018

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Raising fuel and beer duty would be completely counter-productive

Ben Ramanauskas - 3 Jul 2018

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The public sector needs an automation revolution

Ben Ramanauskas - 20 Jun 2018

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Business

A successful economy requires a flexible labour market

Ben Ramanauskas - 14 Jun 2018

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America

There's only one good answer to Trump's economic belligerence

Ben Ramanauskas - 4 Jun 2018

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The last thing the NHS needs is more funding

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 May 2018

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It's high time the Tories backed legalising cannabis

Ben Ramanauskas - 14 May 2018

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The grammar school debate ignores what really works in education

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 May 2018

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Brexit

The Wembley deal is Global Britain in action

Ben Ramanauskas - 27 Apr 2018

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Africa

Foreign aid can work. Free trade always works

Ben Ramanauskas - 12 Apr 2018

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Brexit

The true cost of Customs Union membership

Ben Ramanauskas - 20 Mar 2018

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Brexit

After letting Corbyn off the hook, the CBI admits the obvious

Ben Ramanauskas - 13 Mar 2018

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New taxes are no way to reduce generational inequality

Ben Ramanauskas - 5 Mar 2018

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Splashing the government's cash would be bad policy and bad politics

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Mar 2018

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Brexit

The myth of dystopian deregulation

Ben Ramanauskas - 20 Feb 2018

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Business

Restricting the gig economy will cost jobs and hurt consumers

Ben Ramanauskas - 8 Feb 2018

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Business

Land-banking is not to blame for the housing crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 1 Feb 2018

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Homeopathy is expensive snake oil that doesn't belong in the NHS

Ben Ramanauskas - 19 Jan 2018

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The BBC needs to get with the programme

Ben Ramanauskas - 10 Jan 2018

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The NHS has an illness that money cannot cure

Ben Ramanauskas - 3 Jan 2018

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Brexit

This unhinged Brexit debate is increasingly irrelevant

Ben Ramanauskas - 11 Dec 2017

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Tory tax tinkering won't solve the housing crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 22 Nov 2017

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We can't afford to end the age of austerity

Ben Ramanauskas - 10 Nov 2017

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A tax hike is the last thing the Scottish economy needs

Ben Ramanauskas - 6 Nov 2017

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There's a simple solution to the cost of living crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 16 Oct 2017

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How to fix the housing crisis

Ben Ramanauskas - 14 Sep 2017

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The flawed economics behind the pay-cap scrap

Ben Ramanauskas - 5 Sep 2017

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Theresa May is wrong about executive pay

Ben Ramanauskas - 29 Aug 2017

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When will we learn to take economic predictions with a pinch of salt?

Ben Ramanauskas - 24 Aug 2017

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Ben Ramanauskas

If we're going to have welfare, then let's make sure it works

If Port Talbot steelworks goes under, what next?

Cheap food imports are nothing to fear

Trading places – why Labour shouldn't emulate Bidenomics

Milei's dollarisation plan isn't as crazy as it sounds

Cutting inheritance tax is not just fiscally unsound – it's unfair

Free marketeers should not welcome the collapse of UK steel

Indian summer – Sunak should hold out for the best possible free trade deal

Time to throw Sunday trading laws on the scrapheap

Too big to fail? Why it's time to think about splitting up the Home Office

Liz Truss is quite right to push on with the 'no fault' eviction ban

Low-traffic cities would be a boon – both for our health and the British economy

Scrapping the post-Brexit farm scheme would be a big mistake

The truth about corporation tax

A massive uplift in R&D is vital to getting Britain 'working, building and growing'

A 'nuclear option' VAT cut won't fix the energy crisis

Stop knocking the UK's great universities – fund them properly instead

For an impoverished nation, Pakistan's independence day is no cause for celebration

The Greggs licensing battle is a symptom of everything that's wrong with London

Tax cuts are a fine idea – but they won't help the poorest deal with inflation

Sri Lanka's economic meltdown is a warning to the world

The next Prime Minister should follow Shinzo Abe's example

Whatever Geidt's reasons for resigning, the TRA row tells us something important

Don't listen to rent-seekers opposing cuts to food taxes

The case for privatising Channel 4 is deeply unconvincing

Why cutting fuel duty is not the best way to tackle the cost of living crisis

Let's help sink Putin's regime by welcoming talented Russians to this country

How to get the best out of an updated trade deal with Israel

Remainers are wrong to disparage a trade deal with Greeenland

Don't believe the stereotypes about the civil service

There's everything to gain from a trade deal with India – but it won't be easy

Forget tinkering with tariffs – here are five ways to ease the cost of living crisis

A token VAT cut would do little to stave off Britain's energy crisis

Hiking corporation tax is a terrible way to balance the books

National service - a bad idea that never seems to go away

Scrapping the Tampon Tax is not the way to reform VAT

The economics of Valentine's Day

From vaccine research to AI alignment, we must prepare for new threats

The economics of classic Christmas films

Tinkering at the margins is no way to help Britain's poorest people

Forget tweaking business rates, we need a Land Value Tax

A super-fast way to ruin Britain's broadband

History shows the folly of not dealing with our debts

Targeting billionaires misses the point about wealth creation

Labour should remember Milton Friedman's wise words on tax

The case for a workplace parking levy is overwhelming

He won't win, but Andrew Yang's policies deserve a hearing

Austerity works - now is no time for a massive hike in public spending

The lessons of Thomas Cook's demise

The Technology Trap

Don't forget the role capitalism played in winning World War II

The economics of fantasy football

Five policies for Sajid Javid to boost productivity

It’s time for the UK to lift the outdated ban on electric scooters

Labour's misguided energy policy is already costing Britain

British Steel's collapse is a tragedy for Scunthorpe, but a bailout is not the answer

The Lords have delivered a damning indictment of HS2

More bank holidays would mean less freedom for workers

What would Labour's plan to scrap 'slum housing' actually achieve?

Extinction Rebellion are wasting our time - and their own

Liz Truss is right to take a hard look at HS2

Let's make Sunday the last time we turn the clocks forward

What has capitalism ever done for us?

Clamping down on tax havens is no way to get more from the super-rich

Still looking for love? Blame the planning system

Rising energy bills show the folly of ignoring history

The latest tax figures show why we need to get rid of stamp duty

The myth of the idle rich

Britain's VAT system is not fit for purpose

The latest chapter in this sorry farce should derail HS2

The regressive consequences of targeting top earners

Twenty-five years after privatisation, Britain would be mad to renationalise the railways

Technology, not just funding, is the key to a successful NHS

Does the minimum wage work? It's more complicated than you think

Cuts to council budgets are no bad thing if they make local authorities up their game

Good news: The green belt is shrinking

Labour's proposals will only deepen Britain's childcare affordability crisis