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Is £37k a year 'socially acceptable'?

10 July 2012

Dr Eamonn Butler argues on Radio 4's Today Programme that the JRF's report arguing that a family with two children needs to earn £37,000 a year to be socially acceptable is meaningless. He questions the methodology of using focus groups and dismisses their report as mostly rubbish.

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Eamonn on CNBC discussing financial regulation & the Libor inquiry

10 July 2012

Dr Eamonn Butler argues on CNBC Squawkbox that an investigation by the Senior Fraud Office into the Libor Scandal is needed, rather than a parliamentary inquiry, because "we need to find out who is lying". 

Barclays should not be taking all the flak for the Libor-fixing scandal

4 July 2012

Senior ASI fellow Tim Ambler writes in City AM that Barclays will not be the only culprit in the scandal and that the FSA has a lot to answer for. 

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An internet filter would be counterproductive

3 July 2012

Dominique Lazanski, senior fellow at the Adam Smith Institute, writes in the Spectator Coffee House blog on why Claire Perry's proposal of a default porn filter for users poses a real threat to our internet freedoms.

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Why have an inquiry into the banks when the politicians are to blame?

2 July 2012

Dr Eamonn Butler writes on ConservativeHome on why the corruption of our economy and financial system is down to politicians, not bankers. 

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Failed Keynesianism caused the economic crisis

29 June 2012

Tim Worstall writes on Telegraph.co.uk on why failed Keynesianism and its misreading of economics is to blame for the financial crisis. 

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Is Ed Miliband right to propose restrictions to immigration to protect British workers?

25 June 2012

Dr Eamonn Butler argues that restricting immigration to protect British workers is not a good idea in City AM. 

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John Allison on CNBC Worldwide Exchange

22 June 2012

John Allison, former CEO & Chairman of BB&T talks to CNBC following the Ayn Rand Lecture he delivered for the Adam Smith Institute on the financial crisis. 

Government must stop meddling and leave pay decisions to shareholders

20 June 2012

Dr Elaine Sternberg writes in City AM on her latest report for the Adam Smith Institute. She argues that government are wrong to try to limit executive pay and should focus on maximising shareholder's freedom to govern their own corporations in their own ways. 

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Time to end the age of malinvestment

19 June 2012

Dr Eamonn Butler writes in The Spectator Coffee House on Osborne's plans to offer £140bn to banks to lend money to firms and households. He argues the cure is the problem. The problem was cheap credit that caused huge malinvestment over many years. 

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