US China Agreement – But Countries Don’t Trade With Each Other, People Do
This latest announcement about the trade spat between the US and China shows a certain lack of understanding of the basics here. For they've...
Excellent News, Bring It On – Brexit To Slash Farmland Prices
It appears that there's almost nothing that Brexit cannot do as we're told that the process of leaving Brussels' embrace will lead to British...
70 Years Of The NHS – It Was 15, In 1963, Before It Even...
There's much cheering on the left as we celebrate the the 70th birthday of the NHS. That celebration being, of course, partisan and decidedly...
Japan’s $3.1 Million – £2.5m – Tuna Sale. It’s A Charity Auction Dangnammit
Half the world's newspaper seem to be reporting that a bluefin tuna was sold for $3.1 million in the first auction of the New...
If Only Matt Yglesias Actually Understood Nordic Corporate Codetermination
We've already been somewhat unkind about one aspect of Elizabeth Warren's Accountable Capitalism Act on the grounds that it shows off Warren's ignorance concerning...
Ethnic Pay Gap Reporting – They’re Going To Get This Horribly, Horribly, Wrong
Theresa May has announced that companies will have to report their ethnic pay gaps. This is going to go horribly, horribly, wrong. Because the...
House Of Lords – The New High Speed Train Set Shouldn’t Be High Speed
The standard method of getting a political boondoggle going in this country is to insist that this massive leap forward in technology and its...
Our Tech Regulation Problem – Monopolies With Network Effects Benefit Consumers
There are, of course, a number of different ways in which we can approach antitrust. One might be that any time anyone gains economic...
Jay Rayner’s Insanity – Solve Food Poverty By Making Food More Expensive!
That Jay Rayner scribes a decent restaurant review is true. That he's grasped even the most basic of economic concepts is not. For here...
Aldi And Lidl – Why Free Markets Tame Capitalism
Just a little note really underlining the point that when we talk about capitalism and markets it's the second which are the bit that...