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• Economic Myths - High House Prices Are Down to Lack of Supply

  Further to Bayard's post of the weekend, another way of illustrating the (lack of) effect of additional supply on house prices is to look at the new build... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2018 DEBATE

• Supply and Demand

  This should be interesting. The current wisdom is that we need to build more houses to bring the price down, it's all about supply and demand. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 DEBATE

• Pensions, Tax Subsidies Charges and Incentives to Save

  We recently enjoyed a lively exchange on this topic here. And I said I’d write up something from experience on the coal face as it were. First a little... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 DEBATE

• Paul Simon "Boy in the Bubble"

  It was a slow day And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road There was a bright light A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the baby... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2018 DEBATE

• AKA "holding the Country to Ransom"

  From the BBC: The head of Theresa May's new anti-extremism commission - set up after the Manchester Arena attack - has faced criticism from some Muslim leaders. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 DEBATE

• Fun with Numbers: Tax Breaks for Pensions Vs UK Annual Deficit

  From City AM: Figures published today by HM Revenue Customs (HMRC) showed the cost of tax relief on pension contributions rose by £950m over the last yea... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 DEBATE

• Satire Copies Satire

  The Onion, 2014: Explaining that her statements indicated a failure to understand and implement the district’s goal of providing a comprehensive education to al... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 DEBATE

• What's Sauce for the Goose...

  From the BBC: The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), which represents companies involved in designing the UK's infrastructure, admitted some... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2018 DEBATE

• Publicity Stunt of the Day

  From The Daily Mail: The boss of Lotus sports cars has been banned from driving after he was caught speeding at 102mph. Jean-Marc Gales, 54, was handed a... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 DEBATE

• When Oxfam Talk More Sense Than the ASI and the IEA..

  From Oxfam's actual report (page 10-11 of summary): The mainstream economic justification of inequality is that it provides incentives for innovation and... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2018 DEBATE

• Cow News

  From The Daily Mail: A fleet of supercars owned by Grace Mugabe have [sic] been involved in a pile-up as the disgraced former First Lady attempted to spirit the... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2018 DEBATE

• UKIP MEPs Well on Course to Hit 2019 Target Number of Resignations

  Back in 2014, I ran a Fun Online Poll on the topic of how many UKIP MEPs would have resigned by 2019 (the end of the current term of the current EU Parliament). Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (433)

  From the comments at The Guardian: KLN 1. "What happens when all land owners sell sell their property to the lowest bidder, run for the hills and the economy... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 DEBATE

• Every Now and Then, the Daily Mail Manufactured Outrage is Perfectly Justified

  From The Daily Mail: A Pakistani paedophile who claimed he didn't realise it was illegal to have sex with 14-year-olds intends to use his conviction for groomin... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 DEBATE

• Indian Bicycle Marketing: Big Businesses v Small Businesses

  Bayard left a throwaway comment on a thread about Carillion a couple of days ago: "But the govt (and the EU) ignores small businesses because we don't so as... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 DEBATE

• Schrödinger's Missing Beats

  

  I haven't spotted any wonky timing in ages, but there is something wonderfully weird in a song from Keith Richard's last solo album. Listen to the chorus at... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 DEBATE

• "... Because They Didn't Teach Us About It at School." is the Short Answer to...

  From The Daily Telegraph, April 2015: Why has everyone forgotten about male suffrage? ... Before 1918, the vote was restricted not simply by sex but also by... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: Local Taxes

  

  Let's refer back to the handy cut-out-and-keep guide on what makes a good tax: I've been prompted to think about this a bit more from the various KLNs that... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 DEBATE

• Some People Are a Bit Confused

  From The Daily Mail: Last April, federal prosecutors filed charges against two men suspected of spying on the opposition People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) on... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (432)

  From Farmers' Weekly: The Scottish Land Commission has been instructed by the government to investigate the tax as part of a wider piece of research on land... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 DEBATE