Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• Fun Online Polls: Immigrants in Germany in Work & Competing Theories of Gravity

  The responses to last fortnight's Fun Online Poll were as follows: What percentage of the 1.2 million Arabs who arrived in Germany in the last two years are in... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 DEBATE

• Market Forces, Differential Pricing, General Hilarity

  From the BBC: Supermarket chain Tesco has cut the price of women's disposable razors to match that of a similar product for men. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 DEBATE

• Market Failure Eh?

  I bought The Big Short (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/) which is a good watch. It's about the 2008/9 financial crisis using the vehicle of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 DEBATE

• "Jeremy Warner Nearly Gets It"

  Emailed in independently by Lola and Mombers (who suggested the post title), more wailing about Business Rates in The Telegraph: This is obviously very welcome... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 DEBATE

• Causation is Not Creation

  One of the most pernicious arguments against Land Value Tax is “Landowners create land values” aka the Disney World KLN. Imagine I build a whole city,... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2016 DEBATE

• Defining Property Rights.

  Property rights are the foundation upon which we build a peaceful and prosperous society. They are thus human rights (perhaps the only ones). Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2016 DEBATE

• "Electoral Fraud: Voters Will Have to Show ID in Pilot Scheme"

  From the BBC: Voters will have to show proof of identity in a government pilot scheme to reduce electoral fraud. Some councils in England, including Birmingham... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2016 DEBATE

• The Magical Protection Has Expired After Thirty Two Years

  I pointed out nine years ago that those eighties pop stars who appeared in the Do They Know It's Christmas video were all miraculously still alive. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 DEBATE

• "Only Three Passengers on BA Flight Enjoy Champagne and Selfies"

  From the BBC: Three British Airways passengers had a once-in-a-lifetime flight after finding they were the only ones on board. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2016 DEBATE

• I'm Surprised It's Still as High as Twenty Per Cent.

  From the BBC: Home ownership among 25-year-olds has fallen by more than half in 20 years, according to council leaders. A survey carried out for the Local... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 DEBATE

• Rent Controls Vs Financial Crises

  In a slightly different context, BenJamin' emailed me this 1995 article about rent controls. As we see, Georgism Lite was prevalent in most Western countries... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Boris Johnson, Saudi Arabia & Migrants in Germany

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: UK Foreign Secretary criticised Saudi Arabia for starting proxy wars in the Middle East… This is a... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2016 DEBATE

• Oh the Irony

  Here "What was your most lucrative commercial venture? Every house I ever bought, right up until 2008. For anyone of my generation who invested in something... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 DEBATE

• Compare and Contrast

  Emailed in by MBK, a good article in The Spectator about the differences of language used to describe the battles in Aleppo and in Mosul. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2016 DEBATE

• "Electricity Bills Expected to Rise with Uptake of 4K Television Sets"

  It's Big Scary Numbers Time in the Express and Star who dutifully rehash the CEBR's press release: Two million homes are expected to own a 4K, or ultra high... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2016 DEBATE

• Daily Mail on Top Form

  Emailed in by MBK, from The Daily Mail: A banker burnt his wife alive after she discovered he was having an affair - then claimed she died whilst making him a... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Whose Responsibility is Integration & Boris Johnson's...

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Whose responsibility is 'integration'? Immigrants - 99% Citizens of their chosen host country - 1%... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 DEBATE

• Royal Christmas Cards for 2016

  The Prince of Wales has released a Christmas card showing happier times with dynastic rival, Prince Andrew's, daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2016 DEBATE

• Friday Night Gear Changes

  

  1. Spotted by Steven_L. Ladycop's "To be real". He adds "totally ruins a nice track, shame as the rest of it mixes nigh on perfectly with with the MK remix of... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 DEBATE

• I've Read Spy Novels, I Know How This Works.

  From the Evening Standard: British spies are risking their lives daily in Islamic State heartlands to “take the fight to the enemy,” the head of MI6 said today. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 DEBATE