These People Are Insane About Public Broadband
A letter to The Guardian containing a piece of entire economic insanity. I am not kidding either, this is mad.
Do note the point that...
Labour’s Financial Transactions Tax – Gonna Be A Disaster Folks
The Labour Party Manifesto tells us that they're going to extend the financial transactions tax - stamp duty effectively - out over other financial...
If Only David Graeber Understood The Economics He Is Critiquing
We've another of those little specials from David Graeber. Telling us that the field of economics is entirely all wet and that it's anthropologists...
It’s Capitalism The Raises Up The Workers
There was a recent little reportette telling us how awful are the working lifestyles of sanitation workers in poor countries. Yep, they're bad. But...
The Capitalist Worker
A new Twitter operative, might be fun:
Labour will deliver internet for the many pic.twitter.com/5Phg6QijNQ— Capitalist Worker (@capitalistworkr) 18 November 2019
Bangladeshi Onions And Ain’t The Price System Wondrous?
Bangladesh has rather fewer onions around than people would like to be eating. This is a pity, of course, especially as onions are an...
Is Owen Jones Actually Stupid Or Just Pretending On The Internet?
Owen Jones wants to tell us that Labour's grand promise to nationalise broadband provision is a great idea, up there with the glories of...
Amazingly, Inflation Changes Your Behaviour When You Know There’s Inflation Happening
It's possible to be annoyingly simple - simplistic - about this research. It might not deserve it but still.
Incentives change behaviour, prices are information...
Mariana Mazzucato’s Worries About The Hollowing Out Of The State
An interesting little concern here from Mariana Mazzucato. That government shouldn't outsource things because government needs to be able to do these things itself....
Why There’s No Such Thing As Truly Strategic Materials
Much is made these days of the argument that there are strategic materials that any one economy must be able to supply for itself....