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Sam Bowman

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Sam Bowman is Research Director of the Adam Smith Institute

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Sam Bowman: The Budget offers an opportunity for Sunak to move on road pricing. He should take it.

In the second piece of our mini-series, our guest author says that a switch to the scheme would most likely leave the average motorist better-off.

Comment, Highlights | By Sam Bowman | 26 February 2020 at 6:20 am | 34 comments

Sam Bowman: How to revitalise towns

Politics should work with market signals, not against them – but that doesn’t have to mean giving up on towns or the people who live in them.

Comment, Highlights | By Sam Bowman | 26 September 2019 at 6:30 am | 5 comments

Sam Bowman: Aping the Eurozone’s overly tight monetary policy would be the quickest way to a Corbyn government

Replying to Alex Morton’s column of a week ago, the ASI’s Senior Fellow argues that the response to the financial crisis was imperfect, but more right than wrong.

Comment | By Sam Bowman | 11 April 2018 at 3:00 pm | 16 comments

Sam Bowman: There are much better ways to help low earners than the Living Wage

George Osborne ignored the well-justified caution which had kept minimum wage rises so modest, and the evidence that his ploy will harm employment growth.

Think Tanks | By Sam Bowman | 24 February 2017 at 10:30 am | 16 comments

Sam Bowman: Why we at the Adam Smith Institute are best described as neoliberals – not libertarians

It’s time to defend and promote the ideas that have helped to bring globalisation – and in turn brought more wealth, peace and opportunity to billions of people.

Comment | By Sam Bowman | 12 October 2016 at 11:00 am | 37 comments

Sam Bowman: It’s Tax Freedom Day. At last.

It isn’t a great sign that the other country marking today in this way is Italy.

Comment | By Sam Bowman | 3 June 2016 at 3:00 pm | 15 comments

Sam Bowman: Today is Tax Freedom Day. Let’s celebrate it – and hope it comes earlier in 2016

For the first time this year, the money Britons earn will go into their pockets, not the taxman’s.

Comment, Highlights | By Sam Bowman | 31 May 2015 at 6:30 am | 155 comments

Sam Bowman: An answer to Salmond’s problem. Scotland could use sterling – without a central bank

What works for Panama with the dollar could work after independence with the pound.

Comment, Highlights | By Sam Bowman | 9 August 2014 at 6:30 am | 34 comments

Sam Bowman: Kathy Gyngell is wrong. Illegal drugs should be legalised

Prohibition means putting thousands of people in jail, giving criminal records to hundreds of thousands more, and exposing drug users to unnecessary risk.

Comment, Highlights | By Sam Bowman | 22 February 2014 at 6:30 am | 123 comments

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  • Even by Welsh Labour’s standards, Drakeford’s decision to slow the vaccine rollout is abysmal January 19, 2021
  • James Frayne: Sunak must resist those calling for radical action on tax January 19, 2021
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