As If We Didn’t Know – More Trade Reduces Inequality
Not really a great deal more to say about this other than it's just another empirical proof of the fact that more trade reduces...
Jonathan Aldred’s Right, Socialism Is Bad Economics
Jonathan Aldred wants to tell us all that the world is simply awash with bad economics. He's right of course, the world still has...
It Would Appear That George Monbiot Doesn’t Understand Karl Marx
George Monbiot tells us all today that capitalism is destroying the Earth and that's just terrible. The problem with this being that it's not...
With Lookouts Like These…
Jeremy Warner of the Telegraph has a stark warning for us.
"If you are coming off an interest rate of just 0.1pc, the effect on...
But Why Should Housing Developers Pay For Schools?
There's a certain logical fallacy on display here concerning the provision of schools and other public infrastructure. The problem coming from the actual definitions...
A Coronavirus Depression Will Depend On Whether We Make FDR’s American Mistakes
Sure, we've a major economic problem on our hands. Caused, obviously enough, by the coronavirus and reactions to it, the attempted mitigation of it....
If Only Frances Ryan – Or The Guardian – Knew Anything About Economics
That some people have differing views than us capitalist pig dogs is fine, just fine. We are, after all, the liberals around here, freedom...
Politics Is The Very Reason Fiscal Policy Doesn’t Work In Recessions
It's a delightful idea, that if we put all the wise people in a big room and get them to chew over society's problems...
You Know, We Might Be Looking At Another European Recession Already
Just to give us a bit more information on how well the European Union works. It's entirely possible that we're looking at another recession...
Dear UN Poverty Expert – The UK Has No Extreme Poverty
Those of us who read The Guardian - hey, we've got to know what they're thinking because they might always do something else truly...