The Effects Of Bans And Limits On Airbnb – Renters Win, Owners Lose
Economics works just like we all thought it did - if we put restrictions upon what an owner may do with a property then...
Trump’s Technology Tariffs – Cost To Consumers Much Higher Than $1 Billion A Month
Bloomberg tells us that the costs of Trumps technology tariffs is $1 billion a month. That's the amount that is actually being paid in...
There is no new economics, just the old stuff we know
The US jobless claims numbers just hit a 49 year low. US wages are rising - above the inflation rate thus real wages are...
But Why Spend £3.6 Million On Each Affordable Home? Shouldn’t They Be Cheap?
Here's a complaint which rather highlights the absurdity of the manner in which we deal with housing in Britain. We've a development of very...
Margaret Thatcher Was Right – Flexible Labour Markets Reduce Unemployment
An oft made claim is that workers need protection against being fired or moved around at management's whim. Might even be true too. The...
If Only The Observer Had A Clue About Economics
There was a time when The Observer did in fact understand this socioeconomic polity around us. Sure, they were on the left of the...
What Google Teaches – As Unemployment Benefits Run Out, The Unemployed Job Search More
As has been pointed out more than once near the entirety of the social sciences is either obvious or trivial - the exception being...
Disney’s Ariel Doll Pays Chinese Worker Only 1 Pence Wages Each
The latest scandal uncovered by The Guardian is that the Ariel doll from Disney - the mermaid - ends up paying the Chinese assembly...
An Interesting Question For Owen Jones – What Damn Austerity?
Owen Jones tells us that all of this stealing from the mouths of babes and sucklings is the result of austerity. The thing is,...
Maybe Socialists Don’t Want Violence But Socialism Always Does Lead To Violence
A Reason video from John Stossel: