Markwadsworth

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• Philip Hammond v Philip Hammond

  From (rather surprisingly) The Telegraph: A housebuilding business founded by Philip Hammond has been accused of sitting on an undeveloped plot of land which ha... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2017 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top Form

  From The Daily Mail: Shocking moment middle-aged men struggle to break up vicious street fight between two young girls as they punch, kick and pull each... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2017 DEBATE

• Life Copies Satire

  Turns out, The Daily Mash was spot on accurate. From the Evening Standard: Lucy Pendleton, director of south-west London agents James Pendleton, said: “We had... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2017 DEBATE

• "House Prices Increase by Precisely the Amount of Stamp Duty Cut"

  From The Daily Mash: Prospective first-time buyers of a £280,000 London flat, set to save £4,000 in stamp duty, will now find that the flat costs... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2017 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Fixed-odds Betting Terminals & The Brexit Bill

  

  The results to last fortnight's Fun Online Poll were as follows: What 'should' be the maximum bet on fixed-odd betting terminals? Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (425)

  Ben Southwood @bswud referred to this article in The Guardian: Construction has begun on a $2bn (£1.5bn) scheme to reclaim land from the sea around Monaco... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 DEBATE

• I Read This the Other Way About

  Here h/t guido Intriguing. All this horrible bureaucratic complexity is a function of the failure of the Single Market - in fact a Customs Union, aka a... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: We Are Too Reliant on Tax Paid by the Top One Percent of...

  From The Telegraph: The tax burden shouldered by Britain's wealthiest has almost trebled since the 1970s, analysis of historic data reveals - further underminin... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 DEBATE

• Ricardo and UK House Prices

  

  David Ricardo's Law of Rent states that rents are set by the difference in incomes (productivity) by those found at the margin of production and those within... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2017 DEBATE

• Economic Myths: "those Who Have Worked Hard All Their Lives to Buy a Home"

  Sayid David was doing a fine job of playing both ends against the middle, as reported in The Daily Mail: Mr Javid, a frequent critic of so-called Nimbys, said i... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against Free Trade, Not (1)

  PaulC156 left a comment here: Not sure exactly what you disagree with or how N Korea gets a mention. I do not argue above for or against free trade but simply... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 DEBATE

• Please Sir, the Dog Ate My Homework.

  From The Evening Standard: A specialist in infectious diseases feared she had lost seven years of invaluable research on tackling Ebola after a prolific... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 DEBATE

• "You Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog..."

  The lyrics to that song were a model of brevity and simplicity. Conversely, what makes "Africa" by Toto so enjoyable to listen to is the fact that each second... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 DEBATE

• "Three Men Tackle Rogue Six-foot Emu Rampaging Through North Lincolnshire"

  Spotted by TBH in the Scunthorpe Telegraph: It took three men to tackle a six-foot emu that has allegedly been rampaging through North Lincolnshire for the... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 DEBATE

• Excellent Work by the ONS

  

  From This Is Money: Property in the priciest area of England and Wales cost a huge 25 times as much as in the cheapest spot, according to a new interactive map... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 DEBATE

• Epic Neo-liberal Propaganda Fail.

  From the BBC: Could giving property rights to the world's poor unlock trillions? They are not talking about 'property' in the legal sense, they are using it as... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income. Not (10)

  Martin Farley, at progress.org: Why Basic Income Needs LVT * It is the most secure way to provide funding for a Basic Income. * It doesn’t distort economic... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 DEBATE

• The Guardian Inadvertently Argues FOR Brexit

  From The Guardian: Households face increases of up to £930 in their annual shopping bills if Britain walks away from Brexit talks without a trade deal,... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 DEBATE

• One-sided Economics: Why I Love the Daily Mail

  From The Daily Mail: Banks came under fire last night for using the first interest rate hike in a decade to hammer borrowers but do nothing for long-suffering... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 DEBATE

• YPP (London) Meet-up, Tomorrow Friday 3 November

  We'll be at The Brewmaster nr Leicester Square tube station from 5.20 or so onwards - if you think you'll turn up later than 6.30, please get in touch... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 DEBATE