What is the true aim of taxes on alcohol, tobacco, fatty foods, and other "vices"? Are smokers, drinkers and fat people burdens on society who should be discouraged from enjoying their habits by taxation? Do these "sin taxes" actually ...
Research - Tuesday 15 May 2012
London as a case study for a spontaneously planned future. ...
Research - Thursday 08 March 2012
Commercial expression, anti-smoking extremism and the risks of hyper-regulation. ...
Research - Monday 20 February 2012
Adam Smith and David Ricardo explained the benefits of trade, based on specialization and comparative advantage. These concepts, says Arnold Kling, also can provide the basis for explaining fluctuations in employment. In this paper Kling proposes that we ...
Research - Friday 03 February 2012
How one small change in mindset could free millions of SMEs from onerous regulation and tax by allowing more of their employees to register as self-employed. ...
Research - Monday 09 January 2012
Accurate accounting is at the root of the legal and scrutiny framework; without accurate accounts basic laws are incapable of enforcement. This report argues that international accounting rules have given the impression of illusory profits on bank ...
Research - Wednesday 14 December 2011
The government is spending enormous sums of money on renewable energy. This report assesses the economic and energy security cases for renewable energy subsidies, and finds that there is no prospect that renewable energy will be able to provide a ...
Research - Monday 12 December 2011
In this report, retired industrial line manager and entrepreneur Chris Davies reflects on his experience of four decades of NHS care, and details the numerous occasions on which Britain's health service has failed him. He argues that the NHS is a ...
Research - Friday 09 December 2011
In this response to the Vickers report, financial experts Tim Ambler and Miles Saltiel argue that the report's findings fail to address the root causes of the financial crisis and would create another layer of bureaucracy. Instead, the government ...
Research - Thursday 17 November 2011
In a follow up his last report on the Tobin Tax, Adam Baldwin assesses the impact of the European Commission's Financial Transaction Tax on Britain. He draws on the EC's impact assessment and independent research and concludes that it would ...
Research - Friday 04 November 2011
ASI1018_High_Speed_Two_WEB.pdf Nigel Hawkins Miscellaneous Reports High Speed 2 will be enormously expensive if the government proceeds with it. But is it worth the money? In this report, Nigel Hawkins examines the arguments for HS2, ...
Research - Wednesday 26 October 2011
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Research - Wednesday 12 October 2011
Botched_Opportunity_ASI_2011.pdf Miles Saltiel Money & Banking Reports The Vickers Commission got it wrong, says Miles Saltiel. By focusing on linkages between retail and investment banks, it missed the real causes of the 2008 ...
Research - Thursday 15 September 2011
ASI_Tobin_Tax_2011.pdf Adam Baldwin Money & Banking Reports A Tobin tax is a proportional tax on all spot conversions from one currency to another. There are now growing calls for a Tobin tax to be introduced into the UK, both to ...
Research - Thursday 18 August 2011
ASI_briefing paper Basel III.pdf Tim Ambler Money & Banking Reports Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 13:45 Basel III requires an increase in the size of banks’ equity relative to their loans and a more formal assessment of risk, says ...
Research - Wednesday 27 July 2011
Does_Inequality_Matter_ASI.pdf Dalibor Rohac Welfare & Pensions Reports Tuesday, May 17, 2011 (All day) Income inequality measures don't tell us much about poverty and, as this report argues, can actually mask declines in ...
Research - Tuesday 17 May 2011
ASI036_regualtion_report_FINAL_web.pdf Stephen Littlechild, Ian Byatt, Chris Bolt, John Swift, Graham Corbett, Tim Ambler, Eamonn Butler Regulation & Industry Reports Thursday, May 12, 2011 (All day) In this report, five ex ...
Research - Thursday 12 May 2011
James Croft Education Reports Thursday, April 21, 2011 (All day) In this groundbreaking report, James Croft argues that the crisis of school places can only be met by giving true freedom to Free Schools and allowing profit-making schools to ...
Research - Thursday 21 April 2011
Scott Sumner Economics Reports Monday, April 11, 2011 - 11:51 Inflation targeting has failed. In this report, Scott Sumner argues that the Bank of England should adopt a policy of nominal GDP (NGDP) targeting, which would address the dual ...
Research - Monday 11 April 2011
Miles Saltiel Healthcare Reports Friday, March 18, 2011 - 16:12 This paper, which analyzes World Health Organization data, suggests that the NHS fails to distinguish itself on either health outcomes or value for money – when ranked against ...
Research - Friday 18 March 2011
Peter Young & Miles Saltiel Economics Reports Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 10:27 The 50p tax rate is costing the government money by discouraging work and driving high-income earners overseas. In a ranking of the marginal tax rates of the ...
Research - Thursday 10 March 2011
Keith Boyfield Energy & Environment Reports Monday, February 21, 2011 - 11:41 The environmental lobby has made wild claims about the impact of the palm oil industry on the orangutan. In this report, Keith Boyfield assesses these claims and ...
Research - Monday 21 February 2011
Miles Saltiel Energy & Environment Reports Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 00:01 The Forestry Commission has failed in its duties, and the government is right to sell off some of its holdings. This report argues that the government could sell ...
Research - Thursday 10 February 2011
Miles Saltiel Welfare & Pensions Reports Friday, November 26, 2010 - 12:14 Britain's debt is spiralling and, even after the Comprehensive Spending Review, it is set to reach critical levels by 2018 unless radical action is taken to ...
Research - Friday 26 November 2010
Karthik Reddy Politics & Government Reports Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 18:24 In this briefing paper, Karthik Reddy argues that the British constitutional arrangement has changed such that traditional checks and balances against ...
Research - Thursday 11 November 2010
