Markwadsworth

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• "Community Generated Land Values" Part the Manieth

  From the Evening Standard: The arrival of Boris bikes has fuelled a rise in the rental value of homes in areas considered to be property “backwaters”, estate... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 DEBATE

• Sumoking's Libertarian Corner - How Regulation Works

  With a little (paraphrased) help from comedian Doug Stanhope, because he is 1. funnier than me, and 2. I am buggered for time to do a proper post (though one... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 DEBATE

• Russian Gas: Monopsony Vs Monopoly*

  From The Daily Mail Energy prices in Britain will rise unless urgent action is taken to prevent Russia holding countries to ransom by cutting off gas supplies, ... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top Form

  From The Daily Mail: "Those invited to attend the funeral service will be able to gather in the grounds of Geldof's home and use a side gate which leads directl... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Girls Aloud & Garden Snails

  A low turnout but a high percentage of correct answers in last week's Fun Online Poll: Which was not the title of a song or album by Girls Aloud? Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DEBATE

• Food Banks

  Undercover Investigation of food banks in the Daily Mail concludes with this:- Last night the Trussell Trust said it would investigate allegations of abuse,... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 DEBATE

• Easter Opening Times

  Just going to throw this out there for debate... Generally, I'm against bank and public holidays because they're a classic case of Bastiat's broken window... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 DEBATE

• UK House Price to Earnings Ratio Vs RPI Inflation Since 1948

  

  It appears to be agreed that the rate of inflation is to a large extent down to what the government does (or doesn't do) and IMHO, the UK government stokes... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 DEBATE

• Car Insurance - It Really is That Simple.

  Hitherto, I have let Her Indoors deal with this because she enjoys paperwork and I don't. This year we got our renewal quote slightly earlier than normal,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 DEBATE

• Thomas Piketty's "global Wealth Tax" Nonsense.

  Whatever the merits or otherwise of a general "wealth tax", it fails for practicalities, Tim W outlines some of them here. Unlike most people who waffle on abou... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 DEBATE

• Georgism Without Land Value Tax (2 Or Possibly 3)

  Two commonly used KLNs are that "there will be too many losers in the short term" and "LVT will never raise enough money to replace all other taxes. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 DEBATE

• "London's First-time Buyers Caught in ... Trap, Research Shows"

  

  The Evening Standard is at its Homey best again. They publish a handy contour map showing how minimum selling prices rise from the outer suburbs to form a peak... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 DEBATE

• Movie Review: Frozen

  

  For many years, Disney animation was in a bit of a bleak place, producing lots of not-too-great movies, while hiring Pixar to make terrific movies that... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 DEBATE

• [Heathrow Expansion] Yes, but That's Not Really a "cost", is It?

  From This Is Money: Failing to build a third runway at Heathrow will add £300 to the cost of an average return fare from the airport by 2030, according to ... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 DEBATE

• Interesting Article About San Francisco, Tech Startups and Rampant NIMBYism

  The interesting thing that affects all cities in this piece is about how people are getting married later, which means they stay in cities longer, which hadn't... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 DEBATE

• Movie Review: The Raid and The Raid 2

  Martial arts films generally don't interest me, but I heard so much buzz about The Raid that I gave it a go. And for £4 to own on Blinkbox, it seemed... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 DEBATE

• "Your Home Probably Earns More Than You"

  Nothing really new, but a good headline nonetheless in The Metro: The average property in Britain now costs £253,000, rising to £458,000 in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (324)

  A rich harvest of rather half-baked KLNs in City AM Forum: [The Mansion Tax] would also be fundamentally unfair. Why should people who purchased properties... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DEBATE

• Readers' Letters Of The Day

  From City AM Forum: [Re: The recovery is being driven by a revolution in the jobs market, yesterday] Have you considered that the reason for the rise in... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DEBATE

• So Which One is It Then?

  From City AM (August 2013): BRITAIN'S top 30 consumer firms are sitting on a £16bn warchest, according to research out today by Deloitte, raising the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DEBATE