Hey, Bozo! If You Protect Jobs There Will Be Fewer Jobs
Sure, if you prevent people from being fired then you'll preserve those jobs you can't fire people from. But the flip side of this...
University Expansion Wasn’t A Good Idea – Michael Gove VAT And Sales Tax Edition
It has to be said that the expansion of the universities wasn't all that obviously a good idea. Sticking 50% of the age cohort...
The Trump Administration’s Near Insane New Rules On Trade Balances And Currency Manipulation
Both John Cochrane and Don Boudreaux are decrying - if that's a strong enough word - the new rules being put in place to...
The IMF’s Warning About Trade Tariffs and Trade Wars
Actually, the International Monetary Fund is arguing that the major worry we've all got in this global economy of ours is the silliness with...
Why We Need Rising Productivity – It’s The Only Way To Pay For The...
As has been pointed out many a time, Japan is a vision of the future for most countries. What happens when the dependency ratio...
Yet Another Reason Why Trade Is So Important – Capital Goods And Investment
As we might - should - have noted the modern machinery that then makes things is increasingly complex. So called "capital goods" thus have...
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...
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...
We Do Have Proof Trump’s Trade Policies Aren’t Working
If you were a mercantilist - if you were wrong but I repeat myself - then you would be thinking that throwing up tariff...
Haven’t We All Got Rich This Past Century?
Quite the most interesting part of this paper to me is the chart in it. Showing quite how rich we've all become in this...