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With Lookouts Like These…
Jeremy Warner of the Telegraph has a stark warning for us. “If you are coming off an interest…
Dear God Saez And Zucman Are Lying Bastards
What they say here is absolutely true: Unfortunately it’s said in a manner which deliberately misleads. Meaning that…
Planning Is Just Such A Difficult Thing, Isn’t It?
Today’s installment of why Hayek was right. You know, that bit in the Nobel Lecture, The Pretence of…
Resolved, The Laffer Curve Exists
The Laffer Curve is the contention that there is a tax rate which maximises revenue collection. That’s all…
Government Debt – So Far So Good
When rich people feel overtaxed, they often find ways to avoid paying tax. As a result, governments get…
Dynastic Wealth – Horrendous Statistics From IPS
The Guardian tells us that the richest families have been getting ever richer. This should not happen –…
Our Word, Isn’t Nick Dearden A Little Toad
A reasonable description of someone playing politics with hundreds of millions of lives would be toad. Even, little…
Public Risks and Institutions
From our Swindon Correspondent: From Unherd The Centre for Long-Term Resilience report, co-authored by Toby Ord, a professor…
It’s Not So Much That I Told You So But I Did Tell You So
It is a standard economic assumption that immigration doesn’t lower wages. This is because while immigrants do bring…
Flexible Season Tickets
From our Swindon Correspondent: From Metro: New national flexi season tickets will go on sale on June 21…