Unpaid Electronic Labour – Why Not Just Do A Real Job Instead?
An interesting little window into the whingeing classes here. The complaint is that the workers, the proletariat, are oppressed by the bosses sending them...
Another Problem We Need Do Nothing About Then
It's entirely possible that screwing the workers - as capitalists are wont to do - produces the highest profits and thus stock valuations. It's...
A Very Bad Judgement
From our Swindon Correspondent:
There're reasons we should generally simplify laws, especially around employment and tax. From the BBC:-
Uber drivers must be treated as workers...
I’ve Got Mine Now Sod Off Says Zuckerberg
Not that he puts it quite so inelegantly but this is the message from Mark Zuckerberg. He's made his pile now everyone who might...
The Irish Reason Why Bitcoin Won’t Become The Global Currency
There's a certain relish about the way this story is portrayed - for, of course, it had to happen in Ireland. Yes, obviously, it's...
The TV License Is A Tax So Why Not Make It Progressive?
We're always going to have a progressive tax system even if not every component of it is itself progressive. Quite apart from Adam Smith's...
Dear Marc, It’s Not Building Stuff, It’s The System That Allows Us To Do...
Marc Andreessen tells us that we have a problem. Which, clearly, we do, in fact we've more than one. The thought that the best...
The EFF Horribly Misunderstands Patent Trolls
The purpose of a patent is to provide an income to those who produce public goods like knowledge. ~The argument being that without the...
You Don’t Say That Wirecard Was A Fraud, Do You? Really?
Possibly the least surprising business news of the day:
The former chief executive of Wirecard has been accused of committing a multi-year fraud and has...
So Why Would Deutsche Bank Dump Trump?
Salon brings us he deathless news that Deutsche Bank might want to dump Trump:
Deutsche Bank is searching for a way to end its tumultuous...