Simon Wren Lewis Continues To Rewrite Economic History – What Really Works In Recessions?
It's entirely true that in the recent economic unpleasantness we had a series of tests of orthodox economic theory. We've thus - given that...
Congratulations to Bolivarian Socialism – Venezuela’s 60 Fold Increase In Minimum Wage To $30...
We should indeed praise the success of Bolivarian Socialism in Venezuela. For they've been able to announce a 60 fold increase in the minimum...
The Effects Of Social Media On Children’s Literacy
We're told that social media is damaging children's literacy. This isn't quite so, as with so many other things there will be two effects...
Surprise! People Like Free Things Like Solar Power Subsidies
This is a finding from the very Annals Of The Extraordinary. People like to have free things and in the absence of that they'd...
Greece’s Expansionary Fiscal Contraction Could Have Worked – Only Without The Euro
It's rather important that we get this little bit of economics correct. Greece is, as we all know, nailed to that cross of the...
Nope, The Observer Still Doesn’t Understand CEO Pay And Ratios
We have the annual by now rant about how much it is that chief executives make. As compared, often enough to what the average...
Andrewsfield Airfield – We Must Never Build Anything Upon Anywhere
A useful and interesting example of why the British housing - and land use - market is in such a mess. Absolutely wherever anyone...
Joe Romm’s Latest Environmental Disaster – Water Usage In Fracking
It's clearly difficult to keep the population suitably alarmed year after year, decade after generation. Because that environmental collapse never actually does turn up....
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...
The Horrifying Thought That People Might Do Things Without The Man With A Clipboard
To actual adults this isn't one of the great terrors of the world. To those whose mental development has been curtailed - at least...