Rebecca Wray

Rebecca Wray is a Research Intern at the Adam Smith Institute. Columns are the author's own opinion and do not necessarily reflect the views of CapX

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Energy & Environment

The future looks bleak for lab-grown meat

In 1931 Winston Churchill predicted that, ‘We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium’. Lab-grown meat has long been touted as the cruelty-free, environmentally friendly future of food. It feels like the perfect solution – a way of […]

Economics

Young people aren’t left wing, they just don’t understand capitalism

It’s no secret that young people don’t really get capitalism. Just over half of Millennials, and just under half of Zoomers, even know the correct meaning of the word, according to research from the IEA. One in four mistake the definition of capitalism for the definition of socialism. You could be forgiven for thinking that […]