Markwadsworth

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• Stop Moaning and Give Us All Your Money, You Peasants.

  From yesterday's City AM: By Paul Stanworth, managing director of Legal General Capital, founded in 2013 to help actively invest Legal General's Group... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 DEBATE

• Only One-in-three? That's a Bit Worrying.

  From The Daily Mail: More than one in three homes will be owned outright within a decade, as baby boomers pay off their mortgages, a new report reveals. By 2025... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 DEBATE

• Solving One Problem by Causing Another.

  From Accountancy Live: In his speech delivering the Budget, George Osborne said that the bank levy was introduced to raise revenue and increase the stability... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 DEBATE

• "Kill the B*****d, Kill the B*****d, Tell Them to Bring Knives and Forks"

  From The Daily Mail: Mrs Olsen returned to find her neighbour pinned against a fence after the bull had dragged her approximately 20 feet... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Neo-lliberalism & Abroad

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: When writing an article for The Guardian, how often should you use the word 'neo-liberal'? Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 DEBATE

• A Couple of Theological Questions for Sunday...

  1. Several centuries ago, the Catholic Church decided that priests etc. had to be male and unmarried. So what happened to all the priests etc. who were married... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 DEBATE

• The Impact of Sales Tax on Selling Prices

  Using the same source for the relative price of goods for all US states (see previous post but one) and this handy table, from The Tax Foundation... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 DEBATE

• Life Copies Satire

  From The Evening Standard: The arrival of sandwich chain Pret A Manger in Brick Lane has sparked claims that one of the most creative neighbourhoods in London i... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 DEBATE

• Embedded Rents.

  Common sense and simple observation tell us that: a) Goods in shops cost pretty much the same across any country; b) Rents diverge wildly; the additional rent... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 DEBATE

• "Half of Your Income Now Goes on Rent"

  From The Metro: Young workers unable to afford their own homes are spending almost half their take-home pay on rent, a report reveals. The private tenants... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Share Trading "encourages Managers to Think Long-term"

  From yesterday's City AM: Long-term investment is critical for developing the intangible assets that are key to the success of the twenty-first century firm. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (362)

  Spotted by Carol W in The Independent: It is odd that your correspondents (14 July), criticising the increase in value of homes liable for inheritance tax,... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 DEBATE

• Great Analysis Deserves a Wider Audience

  From the Cobden Centre, here. I quote: 'What this exposes is that the principal determinant of productivity is not the relative skill and dedication of workers... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DEBATE

• Stars Make Case for 'more Cash' in Letter to Prime Minister

  From the BBC More than two dozen figures from the world of arts and entertainment have called on the Prime Minister to protect the BBC from cuts to their fees... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DEBATE

• Tee Hee. And Give That Man a Pat on the Back.

  From the FT 9 October 2010: Sir, The FT report on hedge fund managers moving to Switzerland (“Hedge fund shift costs UK £500m”, October 2) gives the... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DEBATE

• The Magic Roundabout XXL

  From Screenrant and Wikipedia Picking up the story three years after Dougal, a shaggy, candy-loving puppy, bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DEBATE

• This is News?

  From the Telegraph Scotland's first home-grown wine has been described as “undrinkable” by experts. Christopher Trotter, from Aberdeen, set up his own vineyard... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DEBATE

• Please Sir, the Dog Ate My Homework. And May I Have Some More?

  From the Evening Standard: The Government’s announcement about changes to the planning system is a step in the right direction. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DEBATE

• Mexican Entrepreneur Escapes Detention

  From CNN After Mexico's most notorious drug lord stepped into a shower and slipped into a tunnel to escape from a maximum-security prison, authorities vowed it... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top (form)

  The DM's roving estate agent reporter gets some titillation. "I'm so sorry the screams from my dungeon upset the tennis club": A surreal encounter with the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 DEBATE