Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• "Trust Me, We’ve Been Thinking About Market Power and Competition All Wrong"

  ... says Ryan Bourne in City AM. Well, no we haven't, but he makes a good point about one specific topic - that there is a difference between national and... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 DEBATE

• "Lies, Damned Lies and Rent Statistics"

  Fine article by Ian Mulheirn, who is one the heroic few pointing out that the "lack of housing supply" explanation for high prices is a bit of a myth. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 DEBATE

• "A Star Is Born"

  From Wiki and Wiki Jackson Maine, a protostellar cloud privately battling gravitational collapse and an alcohol and drug addiction, plays a concert in Californi... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 DEBATE

• YPP London Meet-up Tomorrow Friday 9 November After Work

  1. We'll be at the Brewmaster from 5.20 onwards for an hour or two. Leicester Sq Tube, exit 1, left and left again into the alleyway, look out for the yellow... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 DEBATE

• "Increased Frequency of Travel May Act to Decrease the Chance of a Global...

  From BioRxiv.org: The high frequency of modern travel has led to concerns about a devastating pandemic since a lethal pathogen strain could spread worldwide... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 DEBATE

• "Women Abandon Calls for Equal Treatment with Men"

  From The Guardian: The state pension age for women will rise to 65 on Tuesday to match men for the first time since 1940, reaching a milestone that has... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 DEBATE

• "Banks Are Not Intermediaries of Loanable Funds - Facts, Theory and Evidence"

  Some subversive employees at The Bank of England have put out another fine report. To sum up, "banks create money out of thin air". They do not sit their... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 DEBATE

• "Make Drivers Pay for Fuel in Advance, Says Police Chief"

  A most interesting article at the BBC: Petrol firms had made it too easy to drive off without paying because they wanted to entice motorists into their shops,... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 DEBATE

• Life Copies Satire

  

  Back in 1965, Tom Lehrer released his song Folk Song Army, which contained these lines: If you feel dissatisfaction, Strum your frustrations away. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 DEBATE

• Fun with Numbers

  I've just stumbled across this month old article on the BBC: Where does rent hit young people the hardest in Britain? People in their 20s who want to rent a... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2018 DEBATE

• Re Former Tory's Comment on Police Pensions

  From the comments to yesterday's post: Former Tory: Depends where the money's going. Police people are vastly expensive individuals when you take in the cost... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2018 DEBATE

• And... We're Back to Normal.

  From the BBC: Police have launched a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti-Semitic hate crimes within the Labour Party. Met Police chief Cressida Dick told... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2018 DEBATE

• YPP London Meet-up, Tomorrow Friday 2 November

  1. We'll be at the Brewmaster from 5.20 onwards for an hour or two. Leicester Sq Tube, exit 1, left and left again into the alleyway, look out for the yellow... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 DEBATE

• Women Talking Sense

  Item 1, from the BBC: People who believe the myths spread by anti-vaccine campaigners "are absolutely wrong", England's top doctor has said. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 DEBATE

• Nobody Move Or the Museums Get Hurt!

  From the Evening Standard: Fears that Britain’s flagship museums will be forced to scrap major exhibitions after Brexit can be revealed today. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 DEBATE

• "Jaguar Land Rover Makes Loss as Sales Slide 13%"

  From the BBC: Sales of Jaguar Land Rover cars have fallen sharply, taking the firm into a loss for the three months to the end of September. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 DEBATE

• Fun with Numbers

  From The Guardian: There are three options in tackling climate change. Only one will work We’re now at a fork in the road: either we cut out fossil fuels... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 DEBATE

• "Australia Leads the World...

  ... in dangerous debt". Australian home borrowers are so in debt they will be forced to sell their properties for a loss next year in a plummeting housing... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top Form

  From The Daily Mail: A British woman faces death by hanging after being charged with murdering her allegedly abusive husband with a kitchen knife in their... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 DEBATE

• "Glaring Tax Divide Between High Street and Online Rivals"

  The Daily Mirror does cognitive dissonance. Compare and contrast their two tables: £100 spent on the High Street 74p goes to Treasury in Corporation Tax... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2018 DEBATE