Sarah O’Connor

2 months ago | ft.com | Sarah O’Connor

The road towards self-driving cars is paved with promises to save humans from themselves (and each other).

Jan 21, 2025 | ft.com | Sarah O’Connor

Britain is going to experience a data centre bonanza over the next decade — at least, that is the hope of the new Labour government.

Jan 16, 2025 | samf.substack.com | Sarah O’Connor |Sam Freedman

We have an extra bonus guest post this week from a very special guest. We’re welcoming a third Freedman to Comment is Freed: Professor Judith Freedman, Emeritus Professor of Taxation Law and Policy at Oxford University, and also my Mum. As well as her time at Oxford, where she was the first woman to be a statutory professor in the law faculty, she has held numerous roles in the tax policy world, including editing the British Tax Review, which she still does, and being a member of the IFS Council.

Jan 14, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Sarah O’Connor

I think there is an unwritten law that every article or policy discussion about the ageing population must begin with some scary statistics to frame the debate. So here are a few from the UN: Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population who are over 60 years old will nearly double from 12 per cent to 22 per cent.

Jan 14, 2025 | ft.com | Sarah O’Connor

I think there is an unwritten law that every article or policy discussion about the ageing population must begin with some scary...