Category Archives: Economics

Values, fairness, entitlement and reform

The benefits and bonuses debates have provoked important questions about our values and the answers will be fundamental to any successful reform of the state and society. The magnitude of the challenges ahead requires us to ask searching questions about … Continue reading

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‘Capitalism’ is not just about money

All this focus on bankers bonuses, tax – rates and avoidance – and public spending is in danger of skewing the debate around how we should live. Whether Hester accepts his bonus or not (IMO if the terms of his … Continue reading

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The “just add an egg” theory of taxation

Before we all rush to agree with Nick, is it in fact fair and right to increase the personal tax allowance to £10,000? Is it, as Tim Montgomerie suggests, ‘One Nation’ for Britain to be split so markedly between the … Continue reading

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Knowledge is porridge

Ben Gummer‘s Ten Minute Rule Bill (to be introduced tomorrow) builds on something we suggested years ago. Well, two things, in fact. Firstly, that a sensible discussion about the size and scope of the state must start from a clear … Continue reading

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Reviewing our budget properly every ten years

I read somewhere – and have entirely forgotten where – recently a new idea for government spending. That every ten years (say), the government should have a requirement to cut (say) ten per cent from its spending. I have no … Continue reading

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