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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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Private Property / Public Good. Discuss
I have been pondering the private property rights / public good argument, and I need your help.Overall, a lot of things might be improved if private property... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 DEBATE -
A Brief History Of Mallorca
From The Rough Guide to Mallorca and Menorca:Southern MallorcaMost of Southern Mallorca comprises the island's central plain, Es Pla, a fertile tract... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 DEBATE -
Muggers Would Like to Know How Much is in Your Wallet
Carol W emailed me this reader's letter from the FT back in May:Sir, I read with interest the article “Retailers struggle to account for sales” (April 29), whic... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 DEBATE -
Munich
A line from "Highwire" by The Rolling Stones is "Another Munich we just can't afford, we're sending in the 82nd Airborne"From the context, I assume they are... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 DEBATE -
Intergenerational Risk and Banking...
The Rt Hon John Redwood MP has been busy "considering the house price conundrum", explaining "why we have to live with high house prices", and even lecturing... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 DEBATE -
Land Banking
According to the Local Government Association, the total number of plots of land with residential planning permission is 400,000. The land bankers (i.e. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 DEBATE -
Double Bubble
9th October 2013He said: "I can tell you, first of all, that energy prices doubled under Labour, electricity prices went up by 50 per cent. Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 DEBATE -
Attractive Adult Woman Accuses Dead Adult Man of Trying It On, Breaking No Law
From the Daily MailAmanda Holden has revealed how Jimmy Savile made lewd comments suggesting he wanted to 'give her one' when she was a teenager being treated i... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 DEBATE -
Fun Online Polls: Harry Potter Films & Plebgate
The results to last week's Fun Online Poll, on an unsurprisingly low turnout were as follows:Which is your favourite Harry Potter film? Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 DEBATE -
"How the Railways Will Tear up Rural England"
From The Telegraph, 20 July 1813:More than 1,000 of Britain’s most important wildlife habitats and dozens of ancient woodlands will be directly affected by the... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 DEBATE -
"Mixed Communities"
Let's take another glimpse into the swirling maelstrom of Homey platitudes and identify a few more which cancel each other out. From some official DCLG... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 DEBATE -
"Land Rents Don't Exist"
The strange thing is that it is not just the Homeys and Faux Libs who deny that land rents exist, the Commies do it as well. From the comments in a leftie... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 DEBATE -
Sucker Bets
I'm a bit of a math geek, and especially a probability geek, so this sort of story interests me:-I was going to say that nothing is left to chance. But chance i... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 DEBATE -
Global Warming Vs Global Cooling
I watch a lot of documentaries on the telly about all sorts of things, history, archaeology, science, architecture, engineering, religion, statistics, natural... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 DEBATE -
"British Gas Urges Customers to Ditch David Cameron After He Hikes Taxes by...
From The Evening Standard:Struggling London families were dealt a huge blow two years ago when the Conservative-led government increased taxes on output and... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 DEBATE -
The Fifth Estate Element
From imdb.com and imdb.com In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 DEBATE -
I Blame the Parents.
As a general principle, I'm all in favour of the "free schools" idea, vouchers for education and so on. It's all experimentation and some experiments... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 DEBATE -
Well, Duh!
From the day before yesterday's Metro: It's pouring with rain and we're all huddled together in the shelter when somebody despite the sign, lights up and fills... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 DEBATE -
Home-Owner-Ists Merrily Jumbling Legal and Economic Concepts
They'll pick and choose whatever suits them:People who rent out their council homes to make money could be locked up for two years under new laws which come int... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 DEBATE -
How the Years Fly By...
I just remembered that I hadn't done my obligatory annual post on Ryanair reducing the number of its flights as a protest against Air Passenger Duty. Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 DEBATE