More From Sam Bowman
Billionaires getting richer doesn't mean someone else getting poorer
Only 12% of Brits realise that the number of people in extreme poverty has fallen.
Jan 16, 2017
Brexiteers are drunk on victory, Remainers are drowning their sorrows – both need to sober up
With the right policies we can overcome the shock of Brexit.
Nov 02, 2016
Brexiteers are kidding themselves if they think Australia's visa system would work in the UK
Australia has twice as many immigrants as UK in terms of population share – 27% compared with around 13%.
Aug 24, 2016
Brexit: Britain is leaving Europe - it is time for us to figure out what that means
Britain needs to secure a deal that includes access to the European single market.
Jun 28, 2016
In defence of Beyonce's 'sweatshops'
We should not boycott the factory, but expand the options available to poor developing world workers.
May 19, 2016
We need to support finding healthier alternatives to smoking, drugs and drink
Regulators are more on the side of total abstinence rather than harm reduction.
May 12, 2016
Accept that the UK steel industry is failing – find something else to produce
If a firm is unprofitable in the long run, it is a sign that investment and workers are better off elsewhere.
Mar 31, 2016
The strike is all about money – so why do doctors think they are above criticism?
Some have over-inflated ideas about their role in society, even though they can earn enormous salaries.
Mar 11, 2016
We shouldn't just Buy British - it often means an inferior and pricier product
Buying imports doesn't make us worse off as imports balance with corresponding exports or investment into UK.
Jan 28, 2016
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne's wooing of the grey vote masks a pension time bomb
The so-called pension triple-lock needs to go if Britain's pension system is to survive.
Nov 25, 2015
It's Britain and not America that has the debate over gun ownership wrong
Mass shootings account for less than 1% of homicides in the US.
Nov 23, 2015
George Osborne's national living wage is 'magic money tree' thinking
Osborne is cutting one of the best kinds of welfare we have in tax credits.
Oct 06, 2015
Only building on Britain's green belt will solve the housing crisis
It is a myth that the green space around our cities is parks or public land.
Sep 23, 2015
Jeremy Corbyn and the inequality myth: Sorry Labour lefties, your new messiah will not help the poor
Corbyn and the British public may be wrong when it comes to their views on inequality.
Sep 10, 2015
A British basic income? Green leader Natalie Bennett is a bad advocate of a good improvement to the welfare system
Sam Bowman of the Adam Smith Institute argues the case for a Negative Income Tax.
Jan 28, 2015
Tax Freedom Day: What it Means and Why it Should Matter to Britons
Sam Bowman, research director at the Adam Smith Institute, writes about why the thinktank calculates Tax Freedom Day.
May 28, 2014
