CapX Live with Tom Bergin & Dr Kristian Niemietzon ‘Free Lunch Thinking’ Do lower taxes really stimulate growth? Does the minimum wage cost jobs? Is regulation bad for innovation? In his book Free Lunch Thinking, award-winning journalist Tom Bergin argues that firmly held, but to his mind questionable, tenets have convinced policymakers there are painless solutions to intractable human… View Article
From hand sanitiser supplies to furlough schemes, airline bailouts and vaccine subsidies, Covid-19 has provided ample lessons on the costs and benefits of economic policy. In his highly acclaimed new book, Economics in One Virus, economist Ryan Bourne cuts through the hyperbole and wishful thinking to draw out the real lessons of the pandemic.
‘The Future of the City: Regulating Financial Services’ with Lord Hill, Former European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Clare Cole,Director of Market Oversight – FCA Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax – Centre for Policy Studies chaired by Robert ColvileDirector – Centre for Policy Studies Adapting regulation to a changing environment is no… View Article
CPS in conversation with… Tim Harford OBEEconomist, Author and Journalist chaired byRobert Colvile Director, Centre for Policy Studies With his books The Undercover Economist and Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy and his BBC radio show of the same name, Tim Harford is an expert at disseminating key economic ideas in an accessible form, on top of being a leading economist in his… View Article
‘After the Energy White Paper: where now for energy policy?’ in partnership with EDF with The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, UK International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency and Minister of State – BEIS Julia Pyke,Director of Financing and Economic Regulation, Sizewell C – EDF Kirsty Gogan, Cofounder and Director – TerraPraxis Rachel Morison,… View Article
‘Is There Any Money Left? The Future of Public Finances Post-Covid’ with Paul Johnson, Director – Institute for Fiscal Studies Julian Jessop,Economist Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax – Centre for Policy Studies chaired by Alys DenbyDeputy Editor – CapX The speedy rollout of vaccines raises hopes for the end of lockdown and the start of the… View Article
Deep rifts are tearing societies apart and shredding old political allegiances: across the Western world, regions are rebelling against cities, workers against welfare claimants and the young against the old. For far too many, contemporary capitalism simply isn’t delivering the goods. For Sir Paul Collier, one of the world’s leading development economists, the response to… View Article
‘A taxing budget? Tax policy priorities for the Chancellor’ with Julie Marson MP, Hertford and Stortford Nina Skero, CEO, Centre for Economics and Business Research Duncan Simpson, Research Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance chaired by Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax, Centre for Policy Studies As the upcoming budget announcement gets closer, reports abound of the Treasury looking to… View Article
CPS in conversation with… Lord RidleyScientist, Journalist and Author chaired byRobert Colvile Director, Centre for Policy Studies In his latest book, How Innovation Works, Matt Ridley argues that innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. It is innovation that will… View Article
‘Power to the people: how to improve consumer protection and promote competition’ with John Penrose MP, Chair – Conservative Policy Forum Sam Bowman, Director of Competition Policy – ICLE Amelia Fletcher CBE, Professor of Competition Policy – NBS and Deputy Director – Centre for Competition Policy chaired byTom CloughertyHead of Tax, Centre for Policy Studies Post-Brexit and pandemic, putting consumers at… View Article
Roadmap to recovery: creating the conditions for small firms to lead the economic recovery sponsored by Xero, with John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury – HM Treasury Gary Turner, Managing Director – Xero Eliza Easton, Head of Policy Unit – Nesta Claire Walker, Co-Executive Director of Policy and Campaign – British Chambers of… View Article
‘A Northern Big Bang: Unleashing Investment in the North‘ supported by the Northern Research Groupand in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group with The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP, Former Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth Glenn Bemment, Commercial Director, North region – Lloyds Banking Group Dehenna Davison, MP for Bishop Auckland Nick King, Research Fellow,… View Article
CapX Live with Stuart Ritchie on Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science Most of our knowledge relies on science, but Stuart Ritchie argues that science may not always be reliable. In his new book, Science Fictions, Stuart explores the flaws of the scientific method we presume is our best and only way of… View Article
CPS Forum on Post-Brexit UK and the future of the G7: the importance of UK-India relations with Ranil Jayawardena MP, Minister for International Trade Baroness Verma, Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development Lord Ranger CBE, Founder, Sun Mark Lord Bilimoria CBE DL, Chairman, Cobra Beer chaired byNick KingResearch Fellow, Centre for… View Article
CPS Forum on ‘Enterprise, enterprise, enterprise: the key to the recovery?’in partnership with Campaign for Economic Growth with Tim Steiner OBE, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Ocado Katherine Fletcher, MP for South Ribble Emma Jones CBE, Founder of Enterprise Nation David Sismey, Founder Director at the Campaign for Economic Growth chaired by Tom CloughertyHead of… View Article
CPS in conversation with… Douglas Ross MP Leader, Scottish Conservatives chaired byRobert Colvile Director, Centre for Policy Studies As 2021 starts, with a secured EU-UK trade deal and the pandemic enduring, the future of the Union remain at the heart of national debate, and will dominate the upcoming Scottish parliamentary elections. We are delighted to welcome the leader of the Scottish… View Article
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