Markwadsworth

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• And the 2018 Prize for the Most Economically Stupid Banner Goes To...

  

  From here. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2018 DEBATE

• Paul Krugman on "Economic Geography"

  From The New York Times, the conclusion is this: Take the (fairly celebrated) example of Rochester, New York. It started as a flour milling center, benefitting... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2018 DEBATE

• The Trashmen "Dancing with Santa" Lyrics

  The usual lyric sites don't have the lyrics to this fine song, so I have typed them up for future reference. Capitalised words or phrases are references to othe... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2017 DEBATE

• When Will They Ever Learn? Just When

  Here Yet another failed intervention. When will these idiots learn about 'unintended consequences'? Nearly every failure in financial services can be traced bac... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2017 DEBATE

• Top Tips of the Year.

  

  Here are a few things that everybody ought to know, but apparently doesn't. 1. If you are looking for a file in a folder on the computer, and you know what the... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2017 DEBATE

• Alienation from the Tories?

  Just to follow up on the previous post about Universal Basic Income - a quick quiz. One of the quotes is from Engels and one is from a Tory minister. Who said... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2017 DEBATE

• I Thought Everybody Already Knew That This is How Apple Operates?

  From the BBC: Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some ageing iPhone models. The company now says it will... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income, Not (12)

  In a paper published on Academia.edu Frederick Harry Pitts, Lorena Lombardozzi and Neil Warner warn that: Basic income may not be the ideal response to... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (430)

  My attention has been drawn to a couple of oldies but goodies, good job I wrote up all the rebuttals for future cutting and pasting. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2017 DEBATE

• Making a Bad Situation Worse.

  From the BBC: Universities must protect free speech and "open minds, not close them", Universities Minister Jo Johnson will say in a speech in Birmingham later. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2017 DEBATE

• "Tycoons Who Backed the Brexit Campaign Accuse Taxman of 'political Attack' as...

  Full article at The Daily Mail, it's light on detail but so are all the others. This is what's known in the tax advising business as "a bloody outrage". Here's ... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2017 DEBATE

• I Own Land! Give Me Money!

  Spotted by Lola in The Birmingham Mail: Bailiffs have entered into Birmingham’s historic Council House to claim goods and settle an unpaid city council debt. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2017 DEBATE

• Allotments Vs Commercial Farms

  Contrasting those two is a good way of illustrating how taxes and subsidies affect the way that people combine the three factors of production: land, labour... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income, Not (11)

  Spotted by Mombers in The Guardian: You can see the attractions of a basic income for Silicon Valley. Firms such as Uber, whose drivers are classified as... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Bitcoin, Trump and Russian Interference in the Presidential...

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Bitcoin is... A decentralised digital currency - 25% A massive great pyramid scheme - 63% Other,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (429)

  Emailed in by Patrick H, from an estate agent's website(!): LVT could in fact be a great replacement for council tax, a tax which many believe is in desperate... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2017 DEBATE

• "Farmer, 49, Gored to Death by an 'angry and Aggressive' 600kg Bull"

  From The Daily Mail: The 49-year-old Warrnambool Midfield Meat worker was attacked by the large Friesian steer at 9.30am at a property in Dunkeld, Victoria, on... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (428)

  Wiggiatlarge in the comments at Broad Oak Magazine: "The author of this has been on a mission to implement LVT as the prefered method of tax, he is entitled to... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2017 DEBATE

• "Dacre ‘proud of Himself’ for Trousering Half a Million in EU Subsidies While...

  The Daily Mash on top form. The story appears to check out, see The Guardian. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2017 DEBATE

• Via @The_Sumoking, from The London Economic: A Veteran Da...

  Via @The_Sumoking, from The London Economic: A veteran dairy farmer was killed by his own cattle as he tended to them – something he had done “thousands of... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2017 DEBATE