Sam BowmanThe CMA has badly missed the mark on how to regulate Big TechThis piece was originally published by The Daily Telegraph on Friday 3rd July.4 min read·Jul 28, 2020----
Sam BowmanInstitutions for growth: Four ways to make radical policy realistic in BritainHow to make road pricing, planning reform, innovation policy and competition work in the UK8 min read·Dec 20, 2019----
Sam BowmanThe case for bigger governmentAt Freedom Week, the summer school for students the ASI and IEA run in Cambridge every year, we do a ‘steel man’ (opposite of a straw man)…9 min read·Aug 16, 2019--1--1
Sam BowmaninFingletonDon’t let the porn block give MindGeek a monopolyWould you trust a monopolist with your porn viewing history? Thanks to the UK government’s new “porn block”, you might have to.4 min read·Jun 28, 2019----
Sam BowmanThings I recommend you buy and use, second editionAbout eighteen months ago I wrote a post called “Stuff that I recommend you buy” that gave recommendations of consumer goods that I got a…21 min read·Mar 24, 2019--2--2
Sam BowmaninFingletonCan Open Energy replace price caps?Whether energy price controls work or not, it may be politically very difficult to remove them. Although they’re supposed to be temporary…9 min read·Dec 5, 2018----
Sam BowmanWhy I now support a second referendum on BrexitI have spent the last two years rolling my eyes at people’s calls for a second referendum on Brexit. I thought it was impossible, and…7 min read·Dec 2, 2018--4--4
Sam BowmanYou’re not a centrist. You’re a liberalDon’t call yourself a centrist if you’re a liberal. I know why you do it. You hate the people running the left and right at the moment, and…7 min read·Aug 5, 2018--44--44
Sam BowmaninFingletonThe case for Open Healthcare: disrupting the NHS — but, like, in a good wayEvery new Health Secretary has to walk a tightrope. They want to leave the NHS in better shape than they found it, but know that grand…4 min read·Jul 11, 2018----
Sam BowmanIndex funds and monopoly powerLike many other people I have a stocks and shares ISA that puts my money into a set of index funds, which are baskets of investments in…5 min read·Mar 7, 2018----