A lesson in Economics

In keeping with the school’s philosophy of stretch and challenge, the school welcomed Maxwell Marlow to the senior house assembly this morning.  Maxwell is the Director of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, and he spoke about his belief in a low-tax, free-market economy. He argued, rather controversially, that whilst the NHS has been described as the ‘envy of the world’ very few other countries (‘including Communist China’) have sought to replicate the model. His preference would be the Singaporean model of healthcare. The boys were given plenty of opportunity to ask questions and Maxwell was impressed by their knowledge of economics.