Consumer Surplus

Growth is a policy choice

So here are some pro-growth policies to choose from

Jan 22 • 

Sam Bowman

 and 

Sam Dumitriu

149

September 2024

Foundations: Why Britain has stagnated

A new essay about making Britain prosperous again.

Sep 20, 2024 • 

Sam Bowman

124

July 2024

Upzoning London: the solution to Britain's housing crisis

Upzoning London is how Labour can deliver prosperity and housing abundance.

Jul 15, 2024 • 

Sam Bowman

143

June 2024

One weird trick to get data centres built

How a small tweak to business rates could be the carrot to Labour's planning stick

Jun 17, 2024 • 

Sam Bowman

 and 

Ben Southwood

40

March 2024

Ode to an ISA

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

Mar 1, 2024 • 

Sam Bowman

55

July 2023

Britain is a developing country

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

Jul 18, 2023 • 

Sam Bowman

347

June 2023

Democracy is the solution to vetocracy

How Ronald Coase can change your life

Jun 2, 2023 • 

Sam Bowman

113

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 • 

Sam Bowman

33

December 2022

Cheaper electricity tomorrow can help with decarbonisation today

You can borrow energy from the future, sort of

Dec 22, 2022 • 

Sam Bowman

13

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 • 

Sam Bowman

314

July 2022

Boosters and Doomsters

The real divide in British economics

Jul 23, 2022 • 

Sam Bowman

48

March 2022

The end of invention

My BBC Radio 4 documentary on science slowing down

Mar 29, 2022 • 

Sam Bowman

16