Eamonn Butler

Clamp down on tax, not taxpayers Wednesday January 11, 2012 Tax avoidance is simply a product of high and complex taxes, says Eamonn Butler

The inequality distraction Wednesday December 14, 2011 Eamonn Butler argues that the key to reducing poverty is for government to get off people’s backs

Tax, debt and the vote motive Wednesday November 16, 2011 The euro crisis shows how democracy expands the power of the state, explains Eamonn Butler

A licence to meddle Thursday October 27, 2011 Eamonn Butler explains the ‘public choice’ problem of how campaigners get politicians to interfere with our lives

The immorality of high taxes Tuesday September 27, 2011 Taxes are coercive and the money is often wasted or spent on pressure groups. There’s nothing moral about them, says Eamonn Butler

A snooper’s charter Wednesday August 3, 2011 The sheer volume of private data available to public bodies means that much will fall into the wrong hands, as is being shown by the hacking scandal. Eamonn Butler argues that the state’s power to snoop on us goes too far.

Fit for a king Tuesday June 21, 2011 Eamonn Butler commands a Canadian orchestra to play for him in a Cambridge street and reflects on the extraordinary riches that people enjoy, thanks to the free market

Whither the rule of law? Wednesday May 25, 2011 Eamonn Butler explores the boundary between free speech and privacy in the super injunction controversy.

History is not an obstacle to economic freedom - look at Chile Wednesday April 27, 2011 Eamonn Butler, on a visit to South America, questions whether a country’s history can inhibit the progression to economic freedom. The example of Chile suggests not.

The rotten state of Britain Thursday March 5, 2009 Politicians and officials don’t want to control our every move, says Eamonn Butler, but them unlimited powers and they will use them or abuse them