Uber Provides Substantial Advantages – Like Ensuring The Direct Route Is Taken
The number of advantages that Uber provides grows as people study their data more and more. The only downside is that it seems to...
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...
It’s Remarkable How Bad Academic Logic Can Be
From The Conversation. Essentially, Yah! Boo! to shareholder capitalism. There's no consideration at all of why it might actually arise, why it could be...
If Only Nick Shaxson Understood Economics – The Finance Curse
Nick Shaxson is, to put this very kindly indeed, not as versed in economics as some might think. Which is a little problemette as...
Amazon Raises Wages – Full Employment Is The Workers’ Best Friend
We would actually like real wages to be rising over time. Despite the thought that we live in a capitalist society, one attuned to...
CEOs Get Paid Well Because Firing The CEO Can Add $15 Billion To GE’s...
The question is not whether this ought to be true or not. It is, rather, whether it is true or not. And it is...
The Truly Damaging Thing About Tariffs – Begging Politicians About Them
As standard economic theory tells us, tariffs are a bad idea. Once we've accepted the basic idea of comparative advantage - we all do...
Adam Smith Institute: Lab Grown Meat, The Future?
The Adam Smith Institute has suggested large scale production of lab created meat protein could create a more sustainable and nutritious food source than...
India’s Demonetisation Was Hugely Successful – Don’t Let Them Tell You Otherwise
It appears that all of the notes made worthless by India's demonetisation experiment have made it back into the banking system. Therefore, it is...
Venezuela’s Mistake In Seizing Smurfit Kappa’s Printing Plant
That the Venezuelan Government is going to make a mistake we know. They can't stumble over an economic idea without getting the wrong end...