- 🎄Christmas round-up! 🧵Here are 10 of the best blogs on the @ASI website from 2024 👇Dec 27, 2024 09:00
- Richard Teather spelt out exactly what the restrictions on inheritance tax relief in Rachel Reeves’ Budget will mean for farmers. buff.ly/4fQCDU8
- The current value of Afghanistan's lithium reserves is zero. Tim Worstall outlined the difference between “lovely rocks” and mineral reserves. buff.ly/3Zsmuxe
- How Industrial Strategy Killed British Industry. In the long essay, Sam Bidwell unpacked some common myths about de-industrialisation, arguing that it was industrial strategy that killed our industry in the first place. buff.ly/49CPIOO
- Reflecting on Trump's victory, Maxwell Marlow explained how inflation, rather than employment, now decides elections. buff.ly/4iyvwS6
- The Myth of the Employer Contribution Dr Madsen Pirie explained how Rachel Reeves’ National Insurance Rise will be paid by the employee, not the employer. buff.ly/3DeaYOO
- Tim Worstall’s witty perspective on the Welsh government plans to introduce “globally pioneering” legislation that would (in effect) make lying in politics there illegal. buff.ly/3ZRkRdZ
- Dr Eamonn Butler took a closer look at how free trade came about, explaining how various forms of protectionism have undermined the success of free trade over the years. buff.ly/3Db6JUf
- Sam Bidwell argues that the Spring Budget was not, in fact, a raw deal for pensioners. buff.ly/3ZRkRdZ
- Maxwell Marlow makes the case for introducing a Public Works Register to make it easier for taxpayers to see how their money is being spent. buff.ly/41DLlkt
- And, Cameron Da Silva Clamp, who is completing a gap year at the ASI, explained the problem with scrapping the non-dom tax regime. adamsmith.org/blog/non-dom-non-sense
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