One of the features of working for a free market think tank is that anything you say on social media … Continue reading “Who funds you? Series 72743657393, Episode 293474565839”

The topic of foreign aid is controversial amongst development economists and the general public alike. Many view official forms of … Continue reading “Debate: Does foreign aid work?”

Today is the Adam Smith Institute’s tax freedom day, the symbolic day you stop working just to pay taxes and … Continue reading “Solidarity does not require taxation”

It is often argued that taxation to promote the position of the poor is somehow a moral act on behalf of those that are better off and paying taxes to finance the transfers to those who are worse off. It is not.

The aspect of the tax avoidance debate which most exercises organisations such as Christian Aid is the issue of the … Continue reading “If only charities and churches could be more reflective about tax”

The recent call to cap the number of charity shops on Britain’s high streets sheds light on some of the … Continue reading “When charity does more harm than good”

The current controversy surrounding independent schools and their charitable status is becoming increasingly absurd. First, the public benefit test is a … Continue reading “Scrap the public benefit test and abolish all taxes on education”

Of all Christ’s teachings as reflected in the gospel accounts, there is none as consistent as his defense of the … Continue reading “Solidarity, Charity and Government Aid”

The Government reportedly feels that its Big Society programme has stalled. It is not surprising. The coalition’s idea of the … Continue reading “The Big Society will only come into being when the Government stops trying to create it and instead unleashes a tide of philanthropy”