Air France – A Useful Example Of Why State Investment Doesn’t Work
We have a useful and interesting example of why state investment doesn't work here in the case of Air France. One that carries a...
Yes, Household Wealth Has Risen, And?
A reminder that household wealth when compared to national income has risen. This is the thing that Piketty was telling us all about. So...
But Why Would It Take 18 Months To Restart Eurostar?
The claims about why the British government - that is, your and my wallets - should subsidise something owned by the French government are...
Entirely So, We Must, Entirely, Stop This Civil Servants Working For Private Organisations Thing
It is entirely reasonable logic to insist that the one person cannot serve the two masters. Conflicts of interest are going to happen if...
We Already Can’t Afford What We’ve Promised Ourselves
This specific example is from the United States but it stands as one of a more basic problem facing welfare states. We already can;t...
Rural Buses
From our Swindon Correspondent:
The CPRE have written a lot of nonsense about them
The research, conducted by CPRE and Transport for Quality of Life, shows that, with...
Sweatshop Education
From our Swindon correspondent:
From the Guardian
Tutors in Sri Lanka who are as young as 17 and earning as little as £1.57 an hour have been...
Sri Lankan tutors
Tutors in Sri Lanka who are as young as 17 and earning as little as £1.57 an hour
Hmm:
Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the...
We Need To Abolish All Commissioners Now
The reason to have Commissioners of this and that is now becoming clearer. It is to insist on expanding the State of course:
The new...
Sir John Cowperthwaite’s Advice Comes To Mind
Sir John was appointed to run a part of Hong Kong's - very light - bureaucracy just after WWII ended. It took him many...