Archive - Consumer Surplus

Growth is a policy choice

So here are some pro-growth policies to choose from

Jan 22 •

and

September 2024

Foundations: Why Britain has stagnated

A new essay about making Britain prosperous again.

Sep 20, 2024 •

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 •

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 •

and

March 2024

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

Mar 1, 2024 •

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

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 •

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