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• The ‘soft renationalisation’ of the energy sector

  25 mai 2012, par Sam Collins — carbon tax, Carlo Stagnaro, European Union, green economy, nationalisation, nuclear power, Environment and transport
  The UK was the first European country to liberalise its electricity market. Will Britain now be the first European country to roll back the market and effectively renationalise the sector? Read the full blog post here

• The Beecroft Report should not be ignored

  25 mai 2012, par Sam Collins — Adrian Beecroft, employment law, employment tribunals, J R Shackleton, Len Shackleton, Employment
  Adrian Beecroft’s suggestions to lift some of the burden which employment regulation places on business deserve a fuller consideration than they appear to be getting from the government. The proposals are serious, are practical rather than ideological, and have clearly benefited from expert (...)

• Service with a smile – the market economy and civic virtue

  24 mai 2012, par Sam Collins — Infrastructure, Michael Sandel, morality, nuclear power, Philip Booth, railways, Morality and the market economy
  Michael Sandel is in town at the moment to promote his book How Markets Crowd Out Morals. His article on the subject in the Boston Review is a clever piece that makes some interesting points. But, ‘what is the policy conclusion?’ one is left wondering. Perhaps that is explained in the book. Read (...)

• Tsipranomics: denial, sophistry, brazenness and good storytelling

  23 mai 2012, par Sam Collins — Alexis Tsipras, euro, Greece, Kristian Niemietz, travel insurance, European Union
  The rate for travel insurance depends critically on where we go and what we do there. A hiking tour through the Amazon rainforest comes at a higher premium than a stay at a health spa at Lake Geneva. This is not because insurance companies dislike adventure travellers, nor do they want to (...)

• Bringing back the peseta won’t solve Spain’s problems

  22 mai 2012, par Sam Collins — capital flight, euro, eurozone, Greece, Juan Ramón Rallo, peseta, Spain, European Union
  It is not austerity but the threat of insolvency that is killing peripheral economies such as Spain. Since it has become clear that the European Union is not willing to completely mutualise risks and that, as a consequence, some countries may prefer to abandon the euro rather than restructuring (...)