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'Regulation is like throwing a pebble into a stream. Each pebble might be a good idea on its own, but a lot of good ideas turn into a bad idea. And now you’ve dammed the stream. And the stream is the economy, the stream is innovation, the stream is growth, the stream is progress.’ - Alex Tabarrok joins Marc Sidwell for this week's podcast

'Regulation is like throwing a pebble into a stream. Each pebble might be a good idea on its own, but a lot of good ideas turn into a bad idea. And now you’ve dammed the stream. And the stream is the economy, the stream is innovation, the stream is growth, the stream is progress.’ - Alex Tabarrok joins Marc Sidwell for this week's podcast

83,150 views • 1 month ago

Keir Starmer told Big Tech to stop children sharing nudes – or face criminal liability. But Preston J Byrne says the plan has a problem: to do what the Government actually wants, every phone in Britain would need to scan everything, all the time. 🎙️ The Capitalist with Preston J Byrne Is this child protection or a surveillance state by stealth? Why Apple's response wasn't a stitch-up – but wasn't innocent either The US-UK legal confrontation that's coming ▶️ Full episode

Keir Starmer told Big Tech to stop children sharing nudes – or face criminal liability. But Preston J Byrne says the plan has a problem: to do what the Government actually wants, every phone in Britain would need to scan everything, all the time. 🎙️ The Capitalist with Preston J Byrne Is this child protection or a surveillance state by stealth? Why Apple's response wasn't a stitch-up – but wasn't innocent either The US-UK legal confrontation that's coming ▶️ Full episode

153,163 views • 3 months ago

'Degrowth is a pose, not a policy and when people get it they hate it.' On this week's episode of The Capitalist Daniel Hannan says that degrowth is anti-capitalist, it's not a policy.

'Degrowth is a pose, not a policy and when people get it they hate it.' On this week's episode of The Capitalist Daniel Hannan says that degrowth is anti-capitalist, it's not a policy.

15,064 views • 13 days ago

'The phrase that people kept using was you're putting the economy before people.' On this week's episode of The Capitalist Daniel Hannan recounts lockdown. The period opened his eyes to how bad the general level of understanding of economics is and why this meant that people didn't consider the costs of what we did during lockdown.

'The phrase that people kept using was you're putting the economy before people.' On this week's episode of The Capitalist Daniel Hannan recounts lockdown. The period opened his eyes to how bad the general level of understanding of economics is and why this meant that people didn't consider the costs of what we did during lockdown.

12,239 views • 13 days ago

'It ain't cricket.' Gawain Towler on why the attacks against Nigel Farage risk backfiring, if people start to feel like there's a coordinated attack on one man: the sense of fair play runs deeper in Britain than democracy itself.

'It ain't cricket.' Gawain Towler on why the attacks against Nigel Farage risk backfiring, if people start to feel like there's a coordinated attack on one man: the sense of fair play runs deeper in Britain than democracy itself.

13,636 views • 2 months ago

🌊Providing clean running water for everyone is one of the most basic duties of the British state. But for six days last week, 24,000 people in Britain went without it. Dr Lawrence Newport investigates👇

🌊Providing clean running water for everyone is one of the most basic duties of the British state. But for six days last week, 24,000 people in Britain went without it. Dr Lawrence Newport investigates👇

22,859 views • 9 months ago

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