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Just Rewards
Why taking the poor out of tax makes economic and moral sense, by Sam Bowman.
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Strangled at Birth
Tim Ambler writes on why the Financial Conduct Authority is unfit for purpose and should be scapped in favour of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
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Unburdening Enterprise
In our new report, we outline the key deregulations that need to be made to kick-start small and medium business employment and spur on a jobs-led recovery.
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Britons say no to Nanny!
Britons overwhelmingly reject the nanny state and want to have more control over their lives, as new Adam Smith Institute/YouGov poll reveals.
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Mind Your Own Business
We need a real market for corporate control, argues Elaine Sternberg. Private firms may have good reason to pay their executives highly, and shareholder sovereignty should be protected.
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Risky business
Written by Dr Madsen Pirie
Those who think that responsibility for the financial crisis lies mainly at the door of governments and central banks... Read on
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What does the BBC need?
Written by Sam Bowman
Over at his personal website, Madsen discusses why people like the BBC, and says that it has radically departed from... Read on
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Denmark admits its fat tax failure
Written by Pete Spence
The world’s first fat tax will soon also be the first to be abolished. Denmark has taxed saturated fats since October... Read on
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America’s Chief Magistrate and the Spirit of ’76
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Just Rewards
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Strangled at Birth
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In praise of sprawl
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Unburdening Enterprise
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Tax freedom for the poor!
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The Condensed Wealth of Nations
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Austrian Economics - A Primer
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A Beginner’s Guide to Liberty
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Zero Base Policy
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Freedom 101
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Just Rewards
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Strangled at Birth
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Unburdening Enterprise
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Market-Based Bank Regulation
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Britons say no to Nanny!
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Simple Rules for Complex Systems: Streamlining the UK's Financial Regulation Regime
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America’s Chief Magistrate and the Spirit of ’76
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In praise of sprawl
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Tax freedom for the poor!
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The results are in: Spending cuts, not tax hikes, are the road to recovery
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Conspiracy theories: Back and to the Left?
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Prohibition returns
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Adam Darwin: Emergent Order in Biology and Economics – Adam Smith Lecture by Matt Ridley
Tuesday 13 November 2012