Snigger, McDonald’s Loses European Union Trademark Upon “Big Mac”
This is unlikely to be one of those judgments or rulings that stands although there's sometimes a certain mystification as to European Union law...
Vegans, Welcome To The Workings Of The Market Economy – Cauliflower Steak Edition
There are two ways we can put this to God's Special Little Snowflakes who live their lives in blissful morality by being vegan. One...
Why Be Surprised At Carlos Ghosn’s Treatment? That’s The Japanese Justice System For You
Varied are complaining about how Carlos Ghosn is being treated in that Japanese jail as a result of his - sorry, allegations of -...
Politically Popular Nonsense Is Nonsense – Kids’ Screen Time Edition
One of the problems with democracy is that we, the populace, are subject to either falling sway to fashionable nostrums or to having our...
The Bangladesh Garment Workers Are Actually Well Paid, Not Badly
There's a strike or two taking place in Bangladesh over wages for garment workers. The workers wanting more money of course, the employers not...
Philadelphia’s Soda Pop Tax – As Marie Antoinette Would Say, It’s The Perfect Tax,...
Philadelphia has tried out that soda pop tax for us all and we can see how it's going, The result is that it's just...
The Problem With Modern Monopoly Theory – It’s About Monopsony
Noah Smith treats us to an overview of modern thinking - for which read progressives who just are darned well going to do something...
Slack Won’t IPO This Year – It Doesn’t Need The Money
Slack will be coming to public markets this year, so we're told, but it won't be in the form of an initial public offering,...
Shoddy Firms Going Bust – Britain’s Gloriously Competitive Electricity Market
There seems to be a little misunderstanding of how markets work here - which is a pity as Ofgem is supposed to be the...
Amazon Kills Retail Jobs – Yes, And Ain’t It Great?
We have a strange complaint about Jeff Bezos and Amazon here - that the company kills retail jobs by being more efficient. Well, yes,...