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23 Shades of Free Market Capitlism 9 May 2013 | 05:32 pm
Tim Worstall is writing a very amusing set of pieces for the ASI called "23 Things We're Telling You About Capitalism", I think it's intended as a kind of rebuttal to Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Do...
Making the Case for Borrowing 1 Mar 2013 | 07:02 pm
Last night I watched Angela Eagle struggle to explain why austerity is a bad idea and why the government borrowing more is a good idea. As a result I thought I'd put forward what I think is a good way...
Tired Old Arguments 29 Jan 2013 | 05:51 pm
Thought I'd create a post dedicated to those arguments that occasionally crop up in politics but have generally been refuted elsewhere in far more detail with far more evidence. This post will be dedi...
Hidden Dangers in the Unemployment Figures 28 Jan 2013 | 10:06 pm
It was recently announced that unemployment had fallen by 37,000, this certainly led to a lot of boasting from Conservative types but it may not be as much of a cause for celebration as they first th...
An Interesting Little Experiment 9 Nov 2012 | 10:11 pm
The Bank of England has said that it will be giving the interest it receives from the debt it holds as a result of quantitative easing back to the treasury. In one way we can regard this as giving Geo...
How to do a Hatchet Job on Ed Miliband 18 Sep 2012 | 08:14 pm
Step 1: Find transcript of Ed Miliband speech intended for a politically astute audience, the Fabian Society is always a good one. Step 2: Locate a suitable passage from said speech that uses obscure...
David Davis should learn a little more history 4 Sep 2012 | 06:27 pm
Yesterday we had David Davis offering his opinion on what to do about our economic situation, and while I'm not exactly a George Osborne fan hearing the proposed "solutions" to our problems emanating ...
More on Ken Livingstone's Income 16 Mar 2012 | 09:42 am
While looking into the claims being made about Ken Livingstone's tax affairs I was struck by something very strange: Mr Livingstone has made attacking the rich a major feature of his campaign. In thr...
Ken Livingstone's Tax Affairs 16 Mar 2012 | 02:03 am
There's been an awful lot of discussion on Ken Livingstone's tax affairs recently, I thought I'd add some detail and a bit of actual tax law to the matter. But First.. At this point I'd like to take ...
Gini Coefficient Games (Or why John Rentoul is wrong on inequality) 18 Feb 2012 | 07:07 am
John Rentoul is under the impression that the last 30 years haven't seen massive rises in inequality and cites an ONS report detailing the changes in the Gini coefficient for the UK that shows inequal...
