Markwadsworth

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• The ECB and VW

  As an update on my earlier post I read somewhere recently (on the DT but I can't find the link now) that the ECB purchased VW bonds as part of its QE program.... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (371)

  Emailed in by MBK from The Southern Reporter: Last week’s audience, such as it was, was split into three discussion groups with each asked to consider one of... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 DEBATE

• Jeremy Corbyn Vs The Taxpayers' Alliance - What If They Are Both Right?

  In the Red Corner, Jeremy Corbyn, suitably fired up by Richard Murphy and his ilk, wants to reduce corporate subsidies, which they claim amount to £93... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 DEBATE

• I Can't Belive the BBC Made This...

  One of my favourite TV series from the '70's. Here This article reminded me of it and told me where it had been published. Like the man says, download it... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Dead Pigs & The Land Value Taxation Campaign

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Have you ever f***ed a dead pig? Yes - 6% No - 49% I'm David Cameron and I couldn't possibly... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 DEBATE

• The Classics

  From the TES Education secretary Nicky Morgan is to ask publishers to cut the prices of classic English novels for secondary schools, in a bid to ensure more... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 DEBATE

• Just Run That Past Me Again?

  From Here "Volkswagen could face trouble funding leasing deals on new car as the European Central Bank (ECB) threatens to refuse to buy the loans that finance... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 DEBATE

• What Puzzles Me is How They Can Charge $750 Fora Drug Whose Patent Has Expired.

  From the NY Times: Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of car... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 DEBATE

• Wealth and Income Distribution: New Theories Needed for a New Era

  "New theories needed for a new era", say Ravi Kanbur and Joseph Stiglitz, in an article on inequality published for the CEPR here. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From City AM (can't find it online): At a time when the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is advancing the idea of renationalising the British power... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 DEBATE

• VW Accused of Cheating to Win Underdog Races

  

  From the Mirror Volkswagen is facing a criminal ­investigation over speed tests for one of its cars, it was reported last night. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 DEBATE

• "SQA Boss Admits New Higher Maths Exam Was Too Hard". Blogger Begs to Differ.

  

  According to the BBC, this question was too hard: No it wasn't. Here are my Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 DEBATE

• It's All Shit.

  From The Daily Mail: Tap water in Syrian city under ISIS control is an undrinkable brown sludge filled with worms after Islamic State engineer in charge of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Politicians, Credit and Dead Pigs.

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: How many politicians call for more bank lending while simultaneously wailing about the increase in... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 DEBATE

• The War on Cash

  Three days ago, Andrew Haldane of the Bank of England gave a speech where he said, concerning the Zero Lower Bound, or the interest rate at which everyone... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 DEBATE

• "David Cameron Secures £45m Pig Semen Deal Between UK and China"

  I'm sure there's a hilarious punchline here somewhere, from The Evening Standard (4 December 2013): David Cameron secured an agreement for the UK to supply... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (370)

  There is a troll who wastes our time over at the LVT Facebook group, Kj and I went into battle, and so far the best he could come up with is this: Your LVT... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 DEBATE

• Global Debt

  "global debt has grown by $57 trillion since 2007, according to McKinsey and Company. Global debt is now 286% of global GDP." according to Money Morning.... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 DEBATE

• "Everest"

  From imdb: On May 10, 1996, two teams of double glazing salesmen are racing to hit a sales target of £29,029 in twelve hours, the highest sales figure... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 DEBATE

• Life Copies Satire

  I've been waiting a quarter of a century for somebody to try this on… From Wiki: The Freshman is a 1990 American crime comedy film… Carmine offers Clark the... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2015 DEBATE