Archive

September 2012

• We’ve been here before: Britain’s decline and fall is not inevitable by David Davis for City AM
• An open letter to supporters/ opponents of austerity by Ryan Bourne for The Commentator
• The compensation culture is poisoning our society by Frank Furedi for The Telegraph  

August 2012

• Only radical reform can pull us out of a growing economic quagmire by Ryan Bourne for City AM
• How pensions got throttled by Michael Johnson for the New Staesman
• What George Osborne can learn from Paul Ryan by Ryan Bourne for Wall Street Journal Europe
• Misinformed public remain confused by the debt and deficit by Ryan Bourne for City AM
• Would a wealth tax work? by Ryan Bourne for Spectator Coffeehouse
• A Paul Ryan reader by Ryan Bourne for Spectator Coffeehouse
• Cameron and the truth about debt by Fraser Nelson for Spectator Coffeehouse

July 2012

• There is zero evidence that cutting spending increases deficits by Ryan Bourne for The Commentator
• Real capitalism is fairness and freedom for all by Tim Morgan for the Daily Mail
• Bill review by Ryan Bourne for House Magazine
• Savings culture should start from cradle by Michael Johnson for FT
• We need supply-side reforms, not more off balance sheet spending by Ryan Bourne
• Countries with small governments perform better by Keith Marsden
• Why Labour is right to oppose Britain’s new carbon tax by Tony Lodge for the New Staesman
• Why the government has been wrong on all three recent tax headlines by Ryan Bourne for The Commentator
• UK isolationist? Non non non! By Tessa Keswick in the South China Morning Post
• We need a modern-day Milton Friedman by Ryan Bourne for Conservative Home

June 2012

• The centre-right ideology vacuum by Tim Morgan for Spectator Coffeehouse
• The financial services industry needs to show some humility by Tim Knox for the Yorkshire Post
• Broken down fiat by James Conway and Michael O'Connor for Spectator Coffeehouse
• Where's the vision thing, Dave? by Ryan Bourne for The Commentator
• The pensions industry must act now to avert the looming UK capital crisis by Michael Johnson in City AM
• Economic lessons from Germany by Ryan Bourne for Spectator Coffeehouse
• Our inadequate savings industry must invest in a future that pays dividends by Michael Johnson in the Yorkshire Post

May 2012

• To Get Growth, Shrink the State by Tim Knox and Ryan Bourne in Wall Street Journal
• There are economic reasons to cut the state, irrespective of the deficit by Ryan Bourne for Spectator Coffehouse
• How not to spend £250bn of taxpayers' cash by Jesse Norman MP for The Times
• After PFI - new vision for the private financing of public goods by Ryan Bourne for Public Service Europe
• The blueprint for a boom. How a decade of cuts banished the depression of the 1930s by George Trefgarne in the Daily Mail

April 2012

• Bank forecast gets it wrong again as inflation rises - Ryan Bourne speaks to The Times
• What can we learn from the 1930s? by Ryan Bourne for The Information Daily
  

March 2012

• British firms must have more belly to get involved with Delhi by Lewis Brown on The Commentator
• How did a Conservative Chancellor deliver 7% growth after the 1930s depression? by George Trefgarne for Conservative Home
• Why have a Budget? by Tim Knox for Reuters
• Why a mansion tax is wrong for Britain by Lucian Cook for Spectator Coffeehouse
• A so-called mansion tax will not achieve fairness and the revenue gain will be modest by Ryan Bourne for City AM
• A mansion tax is unfair, unconservative and wouldn't raise much money by Tim Knox for Conservative Home

February 2012

• Has Britain lost influence in Europe? by Tim Knox for The Stockholm Network
• A cut in Corporation Tax would be beneficial to everyone by Tim Knox for LSE blogs
• Cutting Corporation Tax would send a bold pro-growth message by Tim Knox for Conservative Home
• Round-up of reactions to negative credit rating outlook announcement  reaction from Ryan Bourne for Conservative Home
• The CPS share scheme idea is still the least bad alternative, as taxpayers, for disposing of our stake in RBS by Ryan Bourne for Conservative Home
• A cut in the corporation tax may not be popular but it would be beneficial to everyone by Tim Knox for LSE Blogs  

January 2012

• Canada's austerity lessons for the UK by Tim Knox for the Wall Street Journal.
• The Conservatives must stop this populist nonsense on high pay by Ryan Bourne for Conservative Home.
• EU Debt Crisis: Sarkozy Gambles With French Future By Giving Green Light To 'Tobin Tax' – Ryan Bourne quoted on egov monitor.
• Politicians and the pursuit of 'fairness' – Ryan Bourne debates what politicians mean by ‘fairness’ on BBC News website.
• Debate: Do superstar CEOs justify superstar salaries Ryan Bourne vs. The TUC’s Brendan Barber for LondonLovesBusiness.  

December 2011

• The coalition’s pension plan is an insult to private sector workers, not to the unions by Michael Johnson in City AM.

November 2011:

• The Eurozone Implodes by Keith Boyfield for Finance Dublin
• Autumn Statement: walking a debt tightrope by Ryan Bourne for the Commentator
• The Chancellor must help to wake up the hibernating private sector by Lord Forsyth in the Daily Telegraph
• Red Tape suffocates job creation - here's how to rip it away by Dominic Raab MP in The Times (£)
• Red-tape in business is socially unjust, as well as being economically uncompetitive by Dominic Raab MP on Conservative Home
• Let's end talk of a lost generation and make it easier for the private sector to creat jobs by Ryan Bourne for The Commentator
• Cut the 50p rate, cut corporation tax, cut capital gains tax by Karen Bradley MP on Conservative Home
• Turbocharging Growth by Charlie Elphicke MP on Conservative Home
• Welfare and Growth by Harriet Baldwin MP on Conservative Home
• Infrastructure and Growth by Claire Perry MP on Conservative Home
• International Trade and Growth by Jo Johnson MP
• The EU and Growth by Chris Heaton Harris MP on Conservative Home

October 2011:

• It's time to bin the Tobin Tax idea by Tim Knox in the Yorkshire Post
• Osborne must cut taxes and he must cut them now by Ryan Bourne for Conservative Home

2011 (pre-October):

• The Great Euro Swindle by Peter Oborne and Frances Weaver in the Spectator. (September)
• We need simpler tax system to cut barriers to growth by Ryan Bourne in The Yorkshire Post (August)
• The best and fairest way to get our bank bailout back by Toby Fenwick (May)
• Monetary policy and inflation lunch summary
• What we need from tomorrow's budget by Ryan Bourne (March)
• Cuts? Regulation needs to be cut by Tim Morgan on CoffeeHouse Spectator (March)
• Why Cameron can't change course on the deficit by Tim Knox in The Yorkshire Post (March)
• More draconian cuts are required by Ryan Bourne for ConHome (February)

2010:

• The trick is to succeed where a Labour government failed by Jill Kirby in The Independent (July)

2009:

• Only competition can save free markets by Lord Saatchi in The Financial Times (November)
• It’s time to stop bashing the bankers and start a new age of responsibility by Charlie Elphicke in The Yorkshire Post (October)
• Burying Thatcherism: British voters will have no pro-growth option in 2010 by Rupert Darwall in The Wall Street Journal (October)
• There's no such thing as too big to fail by Niall Ferguson in The Daily Telegraph, 05/10/2009 (October)
• Britain will pay the price if taxes penalise the better off  by Jill Kirby in The Yorkshire Post (June)
• Blame this crisis on the myth of inflation by Lord Saatchi in The Times (May)
• Lady Thatcher would despise today's vision by Lord Saatchi in The Financial Times (May)
• Faster growth is the only way out of this hole by Lord Saatchi op-ed in The Times (January)