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High Speed 2 benefits special interests at the expense of the wider economy
David S. D’Amato
11 September 2013
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In the face of mounting doubts as to the merits of High Speed 2 (HS2), Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin continues to maintain that the advantages of the mammoth project are ‘absolutely...
‘Fallacies and Misadventures in Blunderland’: the HS2 case
John Burton
3 September 2013
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The recent IEA evaluation of the High Speed 2 project has presaged much further criticism of this serious misadventure. A former Transport Secretary/Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has described the...
High Speed 2 and the logic of collective action
Richard Wellings
19 August 2013
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In a 1965 book, The Logic of Collective Action, the American economist Mancur Olson explores the impact of special interest groups on the political process. Olson’s hypotheses are derived from...
High Speed 2 and dodgy numbers: why detailed costings must be subject to public scrutiny
Peter Kain
30 July 2013
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We are conditioned to accept that as projects such as High Speed 2 (HS2) are progressed, the cost estimates will rise. This, of course, invalidates a cost-benefit analysis – unless benefits are...
The economic case for High Speed 2 remains weak
Kyn Aizlewood
10 January 2012
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In July 2011, the IEA published a study on the government’s plans to develop a high speed rail network in England. High Speed 2 (HS2) extends the UK’s initial foray into high speed...
High Speed 2 is a flawed project
Richard Wellings
20 July 2011
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Earlier this week, in a piece for ConservativeHome, Karen Lumley MP launched an astounding attack on the IEA’s latest research paper, High Speed 2: the next government project disaster? Her...

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