It’s Almost Like It’s Possible To Have Too Much Government And Tax
That we do need some government is true - we are not anarcho capitalists here. Given that necessity of having a system of who...
UN’s Poverty Guru, Philip Alston, Has No Clue At All
It's entirely true that modern Britain isn't perfect, similarly that there are a number of things that can be done to make it a...
The Corporate Accountability Network – CAN Is A Euphemism For What?
The latest little offering from the Senior Lecturer at Islington Technical College is the Corporate Accountability Network. The purpose of which is to provide...
America Can’t Afford The Welfare State It’s Already Promised Itself
A standard point made by free market types like us around here is that the welfare state isn't, in the long term, affordable. A...
If We Can Raise A Ridiculous Amount To Rebuild Notre Dame Why Can’t The...
A question asked at Quora. And answered:
Around € 1 billion has been pledged to rebuild Notre Dame. There are around 700 million people in...
Empire Trade Preference Didn’t Work – Maybe Free Trade Post-Brexit Will?
Trying to guide consumer preference can be a bit of a mug's game. The consumers have their preferences for whatever reason they do and...
An Advantage Of Bitcoin – Escaping Government Mismanagement Of Money
This is of course the great promise of Bitcoin and crypto, that by not using government issued money one can escape the manipulations and...
Dear Lord Above, If Only City University Employed Economics Professors Who Knew Economics
It is possible that this expansion of the universities wasn't all this good an idea. For example, the upgrading of Islington Technical College into...
So 2 Million People Will Lose Out On Universal Credit. And, So What?
Much huffling about this new estimate of who will lose out from the switch to Universal Credit. As many as 2 million people will...
Harley Davidson Profits Slump – This Is How Trade Wars Work Mr. Trump
As we all know every economist on the planet has been shouting that we don't want to have a trade war. The reason being...