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Britain is a developing country
We aren't leading the world: we're trying to catch up
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Sam Bowman
June 2023
Democracy is the solution to vetocracy
How Ronald Coase can change your life
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Sam Bowman
January 2023
Capping ISAs: the latest bad idea in British policymaking
A new think tank report fails to consider the consequences of its proposals
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Sam Bowman
December 2022
Cheaper electricity tomorrow can help with decarbonisation today
You can borrow energy from the future, sort of
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Sam Bowman
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…
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Sam Bowman
July 2022
Boosters and Doomsters
The real divide in British economics
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Sam Bowman
March 2022
The end of invention
My BBC Radio 4 documentary on science slowing down
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Sam Bowman
October 2021
Eight reasons not to ban anonymity online
And one thing the government could do instead
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Sam Bowman
January 2021
Student loans for everyone
How to help young people after Covid
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Sam Bowman
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
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Sam Bowman
November 2020
Things I recommend you buy, 2020 edition
A list of products that give me a lot of consumer surplus
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Sam Bowman
Covid: The War We Never Fought
England* is about to go into a second lockdown, along with lots of other European countries. It’s possible that the second wave of Covid infections…
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Sam Bowman
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