Archive - Consumer Surplus

A "Brit ISA" would be a cyanide pill for British savers

Mar 1 •

July 2023

Britain is a developing country

We aren't leading the world: we're trying to catch up

Jul 18, 2023 •

June 2023

Democracy is the solution to vetocracy

How Ronald Coase can change your life

Jun 2, 2023 •

January 2023

Capping ISAs: the latest bad idea in British policymaking

A new think tank report fails to consider the consequences of its proposals

Jan 18, 2023 •

December 2022

Cheaper electricity tomorrow can help with decarbonisation today

You can borrow energy from the future, sort of

Dec 22, 2022 •

Things I recommend you buy and use, 2023 edition

In this year’s edition of Things I Recommend You Buy and Use I list the items and services that give me consumer surplus – a lot of “surplus” enjoyment…

Dec 3, 2022 •

July 2022

Boosters and Doomsters

The real divide in British economics

Jul 23, 2022 •

March 2022

The end of invention

My BBC Radio 4 documentary on science slowing down

Mar 29, 2022 •

October 2021

Eight reasons not to ban anonymity online

And one thing the government could do instead

Oct 19, 2021 •

January 2021

Student loans for everyone

How to help young people after Covid

Jan 24, 2021 •

December 2020

How I save money

How I save and invest money, do my monthly budgeting, and why I don't plan to buy a house

Dec 31, 2020 •

November 2020

Things I recommend you buy, 2020 edition

A list of products that give me a lot of consumer surplus

Nov 26, 2020 •

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