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Mark Wadsworth
http://markwadsworth.blogspot.co.uk/
Politics, economics, humour, cow-attacks and Land Value Tax.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )
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They (want To) Own Land! Give Them Money!
From www.gov.uk: Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest, Santander, and Virgin Money will be offering Help to Buy: ISAs from 1 December. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2015 DEBATE -
"Why Are Drugs Illegal?"
David Nutt on top form in The Guardian: ... the short answer to the question “why are (some) drugs illegal?” is simple. It’s because the editors of powerful... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2015 DEBATE -
"London on Course to Become Next House Price Bubble Fatality, Warns UBS"
From The Telegraph: Soaring house prices in London have fuelled a "bubble-risk" that has left the capital most in danger of a correction out of all major... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (374)
Today both @K_Niemietz @MrRBourne mentioned the state's historic absence. It was never so: https://t.co/9Tzgbgiqth pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 29 October 2015 DEBATE -
Reader's Letter Of The Day
From today's Evening Standard: Oliver Healey writes (Letters, 27 October) that "A London income tax could be used to eliminate the in-work poverty that... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2015 DEBATE -
"Lord Carter's Plans for Saving the NHS £5bn a Year"
From the BBC: Lord Patrick Carter, a Labour peer as it happens, is advising Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt on how hospital budgets can be better spent. In June... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2015 DEBATE -
Baseless Health-scare Story of the Day
From the Daily Mail: They are the go-to device for anyone trying to quit smoking - or seeking a lesser evil than cigarettes. But e-cigarettes could trigger... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2015 DEBATE -
Trying for a Baby
In the context of nothing in particular, it struck me recently that 'trying for a baby' is actually quite weird when you are doing it. Read more
Posted on 28 October 2015 DEBATE -
Fun Online Polls: Is It Racist & Countries Smaller Than Israel.
The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Is it racist if a black British woman tells a woman in a full-face burka to go back to her own... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 DEBATE -
You Can't Making an Omelette Without...
... the ingredients. From The Evening Standard: Police in London are urging shopkeepers to refuse to sell eggs and flour to under-16s in the run-up to... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 DEBATE -
There's an LVT Message Here...
This from Guido. Seems like those that want the work and wealth creation want the expansion. Those that don't need that work or wealth, or have other objections... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 DEBATE -
This House of Lords/Working Tax Credit Thing...
... reminds me of something that happened three years ago. From the BBC: MPs have overturned a series of defeats inflicted on the government's welfare reform... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 DEBATE -
Regarding October
October is a difficult time for supermarkets. They have to juggle Halloween, fireworks, Xmas, Diwali and Hannukah.— Mark Wadsworth (@Mark_Wadsworth) October... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2015 DEBATE -
Generic Drugs and Barriers to Entry
From Fiercepharma: ... a compounding pharmacy has stepped up with its own alternative to the med--at about $1 per pill, a tiny fraction of the cost of Turing... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2015 DEBATE -
Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (373)
From Hacker News via Georgist Rapid Response Squad: There's an ongoing discussion in Poland about land-value tax. The problem here is that such tax is seen as... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2015 DEBATE -
More Problems from the War on Drugs
From the BBC A senior paramedic has warned that so-called legal highs are leaving ambulance services baffled when it comes to treating casualties. Read more
Posted on 25 October 2015 DEBATE -
The Man from Deutsche Bank Gets It Wrong, and Right.
In an Australian publication, Sahil Mahtani of the Deutsche Bank sounds a warning note about London's property market. Every £1 invested in London... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2015 DEBATE -
Heads It's Natural Variations, Tails It's Global Warming.
From The Washington Post: “This modeled Antarctic sea ice decrease in the last three decades is at odds with observations, which show a small yet statistically... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2015 DEBATE -
No Sympathy
From the Guardian “My dad’s detention has been a total nightmare for all the family,” Foroughi’s son, Kamran, told the Guardian. “My dad has always strenuously... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2015 DEBATE -
"Fears Housing Market Could Slow from Completely Insane to Utterly Absurd"
The Daily Mash on top form: In August of this year, the average price of a two bedroom hole in South London was £450,000, but there are now fears this... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2015 DEBATE