The Eurozone will implode, but it isn’t too late to learn from past monetary unions

Read in City AM here.

Summary

John Chown writes in City AM on his paper for the Adam Smith Institute on the Eurozone and what we can learn from past monetary unions. 

Gay marriage won't make the world stop turning

Read at telegraph.co.uk here.

Summary

JP Floru writes in the Telegraph in favour of legalising gay marriage. 

Eamonn Butler on Daily Politics

Dr Eamonn Butler appears on Daily Politics arguing that businesses should not be spending time and budget on CSR projects. Ahead of an RSA report calling for enlightened capitalism, Eamonn argues that businesses should focus on doing what they do best and maximising profit for their owners and shareholders.

You can watch Eamonn on Daily Politics here (at approx. 22mins in)

Tom Clougherty on Sky News on banker bonuses

Sam on Jeremy Vine Show on economic growth

Sam Bowman took part in a discussion on BBC Radio 2 with the Post-Growth Institute, arguing that we do not want to end up like Japan and that economic growth is essential if we want to better our lives and provide opportunity for future generations. He argues that economic growth lifts people out of poverty and that a stagnant economy results in high unemployment and that the Post-Growth Institute are wrong to insist that zero growth isn't a bad thing. 

You can listen to him here (from approx 8minutes in)

HS2: A £33bn waste of money, or not?

Read in the Metro here. 

Summary

Following Justine Greening's announcement on High Speed Rail the Metro interviewed Sam Bowman on why HS2 will be a huge waste of taxpayers money. 

Moral Capitalism

In response to David Cameron's speech on moral capitalism, Sam Bowman went on BBC News Channel arguing that the government's plans for encouraging mutuals was a good idea and should be applied to public services. Dr Eamonn Butler also went on BBC World Have Your Say, talking about the morality of capitalism and arguing that the free market economy is fair and worthwhile. It is actually politicians in distort the economy.

You can listen to Eamonn's interview here (from approx. 31mins in)

High Speed Rail - there is no case for HS2

Sam Bowman reacts on BBC News to government announcements that they will go ahead with High Speed Rail 2 and argues that the project will be very costly for taxpayers and will bring little benefit. 

Is it time to make the tax system more equitable?

Dr Eamonn Butler talks on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours about the need to simplify the tax code and create a flat tax in order to minimise tax avoidance and create a fairer tax system. He argues against Richard Murphy, saying that we do not need to create an anti-avoidance rule and defends the importance of tax havens. 

You can listen to him on Radio 4 here.

Cutting immigration won't help youth unemployment

Read on the Spectator here. 

Old Teaser

9 January 2012

Sam Bowman writes on the Spectator CoffeeHouse blog on why immigration is not to blame for high levels of youth unemployment and points out how the government could successfully tackle the unemployment issue.