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Andrew Sissons

A bad idea: give every 18 year old their own plot of land

I think this is a bad idea, but I’m going to write it down anyway: whenever someone in the UK turns 18, we should give them a plot of land…

5d ago

Grassy field on a hillside with many ridges ploughed into it

5d ago

Andrew Sissons

The Baumol effect: not a disease but a cure

When productivity rises in one industry, wages rise in all industries. This is one of the most important forces in economics, but it is…

Jul 18

The Baumol effect: not a disease but a cure

Jul 18

Andrew Sissons

Will AI transform economic growth?

What would need to be true for AI to significantly raise the growth rate? Here are three tests to judge the scale of AI’s economic impact

May 21

Will AI transform economic growth?

May 21

Andrew Sissons

Why we shouldn’t worry about borrowing to tackle climate change

Even if you care about fiscal sustainability and nothing else, the case for government investment in climate change is overwhelming.

Apr 19

Why we shouldn’t worry about borrowing to tackle climate change

Apr 19

Andrew Sissons

Lots of little things: what if there are no big answers to productivity growth?

One of the core problems with UK policy-making is that it is dominated by a quest for big, elegant, all-solving ideas that can fix…

Mar 5

Lots of little things: what if there are no big answers to productivity growth?

Mar 5

Andrew Sissons

Why a carbon tax cannot be the only solution to climate change

Economics has always had a fairly straightforward solution to climate change: a carbon tax. If you raise the price of carbon to its…

Feb 22

Why a carbon tax cannot be the only solution to climate change

Feb 22

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All you can heat

How has heat decarbonisation policy changed in 2023?

The last few months of 2023 have been a busy time for heat decarbonisation policy. From Rishi Sunak’s big net zero speech in September —…

Dec 19, 2023

How has heat decarbonisation policy changed in 2023?

Dec 19, 2023

Andrew Sissons

How to make the positive case for higher taxes

The next UK government will have to raise taxes. In fact, the current UK government is already raising taxes quite substantially. Despite…

Nov 24, 2023

How to make the positive case for higher taxes

Nov 24, 2023

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All you can heat

The three phases of the heat transition

The UK is in the early stages of a heat transition. Most of us currently use fossil fuel boilers to heat our homes, and we need to replace…

Nov 23, 2023

The three phases of the heat transition

Nov 23, 2023

Andrew Sissons

Should we value time instead of money?

As someone who lives in one of the wealthiest times and places in human history, there is one thing I want more of more than anything else…

Nov 17, 2023

Should we value time instead of money?

Nov 17, 2023

Andrew Sissons

Andrew Sissons

I’m an economist and policy wonk who’s worked in a range of different fields. I mostly write about economic growth and climate change, and sometimes both.

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