It’s often said that Adam Smith would turn in his grave if he knew what was argued in his name. The latest Adam Smith Institute attack on the Robin Hood Tax would certainly be enough to make his skeleton blush crimson.

I have just returned from the Great Smith Street HQ of the Adam Smith Institute, where celebrations were underway to celebrate the 287th anniversary of the great man's birth. My picture above shows ASI Director Eamonn Butler cutting the birthday...

I am a big fan of the Adam Smith Institute - they are as sound as it pretty well possible to be and they are generous hosts to we blogging types, witness another thoroughly entertaining bash on Wednesday. Anyway, I have been sent a photo of 'London's Finest' attempting to collar Dr Butler: Here's the tale: "There I was, this morning, doing an interview in the office for a Canad...

The man on the left of the picture is Eamonn Butler, the excellent Director of the Adam Smith Institute. He is the author of a new book called the ROTTEN STATE OF BRITAIN. He writes about Britain becoming a Police State. How very appropriate then, that he should have an encounter with the law this morning while being interviewed by Canadian TV. I'll let him take up the story... There I was, t...

Dr Butler of the Adam Smith Institute gives a truthful account of the State of Britain after twelve years of Labour rule The author Eammon Butler, a director of the leading think tank the Adam Smith Institute, claimed that his book had been turned down by two publishers because of the "unconventional" nature of the content. He said: "A new form of centralised government and authoritarian governmen...

Somebody at the Adam Smith Institute has a sense of humour. Their Blogger Party is on the ... 1st of April. Cool. This is part of the assembled throng from last year. (Photo: Alex Singleton).

If they’re not simply attack blogs then most blogs can be thought of as one-man think-tanks, putting the United Kingdom to rights. There are a lot of us in the Witanagemot Club. Yesterday, however, a real bona fide think tank - The Adam Smith Institute blog - joined the Witanagemot Club. Welcome

Whilst accountants, pundits and politicians are poring over the finer details of the PBR in preparation for the Commons debate, the Conservative front bench should cast their eye over a briefing paper produced by the Adam Smith Institute on raising personal allowances. It is, quite simply, an excellent proposal that is succinctly summarised by the author, Tom Clougherty, on the Adam Smith blog. Ra...

--That shady friend of the fat cat and Tory Party the Adam Smith Institute has campaigned for years for deregulation of recycled aluminium and other metals. They and their evangelical free trade lobby are largely responsible for the mess the world economy is in. Now-- this bunch of Thatcherite economists and their friends in the Tory Press  cry foul because the EU&nbs...

While quite a few people are doubtless going to get demi EJ Thribb about the demise of the candidature of Hilary Rodham Clinton, I must admit to laughing a lot at this Adam Smith Institute reaction....