Give ‘Em A Knighthood Not A Pay Rise – It Motivates Better Anyway
As is so often the case folk wisdom got there long before scientific analysis. There is a reason why we give out knighthoods to...
Child Poverty – The Plural Of Anecdote Is Not Data
We have an interesting attempt here to insist that the feelz is hugely more important than the reality outside the window. For that, at...
National Pay Scales Reduce Both Earnings And Employment
As we know having a national pay scale for nurses in the NHS kills people. In high pay areas it's difficult to get nurses...
German Unification Was A Product Of British Interference
No, not that one, not 1990 and all that. Rather, the existence of a unified German state at all was the result of British...
Yep, Trade Tariffs Make Us All Poorer – Billions Of $ Poorer
Trade, by definition, is value adding - no one does it if it doesn't gain them value. Really, why would you buy from India...
Interesting – Developing Country Growth Took Off As Inflation Fell
There used to be a lot of inflation in developing countries. Now there's lots of growth. The two switched in some senses - which...
Now The OECD’s Just Blatantly Lying About Poverty
The OECD has a report out about the shrinking middle class and all that. The trick being that they're not talking about how a...
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...
Don’t Release Tax Records – It Makes The Poor Miserable, The Rich Smug
Sure, we can say that sunlight is the best disinfectant. But revealing the amount of inequality in society might not be all that good...
You Can Have Generous Welfare Or High Immigration, Not Both
No, this isn't Milton Friedman's point that you can have free immigration or a welfare state but not both. Rather, that the willingness to...