First They Came For Oxfam But Because I Was Not Oxfam….
We could parody that rather famous line or perhaps we could ascribe this sex scandal in charities in rather more vernacular fashion, there but...
Annals Of The Bleedin’ Obvious – NHS Workers Largest Customers Of Payday Loan Companies
Isn't this just disgusting? We know, know very well, that the National Health Service is the very Wonder of the World. Danny Boyle told...
WhatsApp Is In GDP As A Reduction In Productivity
AEI is asking where's the next productivity revolution going to come from? The answer being that it's already here.
So when will the next productivity...
China’s GDP Growth At 6.8% Again – Any Way We Can Check This?
We've all long known that there's something screwy about China's GDP growth statistics. The only interesting question we've got is, well, how screwy? For...
Yes, It’s Economic Ignorance Day At The Guardian Again – Dawn Foster Edition
Now it's true that we rational people don't go to The Guardian for economic advice. Sadly it's also true that all too many of...
Dear Lord, The Guardian Forgets About Inflation
You'd think that a national newspaper - even one staffed almost entirely with arts graduates - like The Guardian would have cottoned on to...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – No, Evolution Doesn’t Work This Way
We've another of those little attempts to describe science to us unwashed out here and as usual with the newspapers the point is mangled....
Consumers Are Not Protected
The U.S. Treasury regulates banks. There are also agencies to regulate all those non-bank things — savings-and-loans (building societies) and depositor-owned credit unions —...
Ripple Tries To Pull Up The Crypto Drawbridge Behind It
Ripple's indulging itself in an entirely common business tactic here - insisting that regulation be used to protect it from competition. There's an all...
The Correct Facebook Question – How Much Would You Pay For It?
There's much screaming, as we know, about how Facebook takes our oh so valuable information - that we just give it for free! -...