Markwadsworth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4337 )

• Some More Recent "car Hits House" and Related Stories

  KRMG News (Tulsa), 22 September, Major damage after car hits house. Possible drunk driver ran away The West Australian, 23 September, Car ploughs into house in... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 DEBATE

• And Now It All Makes Sense...

  A quote from this intriguing article in the Mail... "The other major stumbling block for those landlords worst affected by the tax changes has been a perceived... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 DEBATE

• Von Thünen's Law of Rent in Action...

  From The Telegraph: House price growth at stations on Southern Rail's routes has ground to a halt as strikes by the RMT Union continue to make commuters' lives ... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2016 DEBATE

• The BBC Channels Its Inner Daily Mail

  From the BBC: Harry Redknapp's wife was seriously injured when she was run over by a Range Rover driven by the former football boss. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Hard Brexit and the "price" of Soft Brexit

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Which is more likely to push the UK into a 'Hard Brexit'? Political grandstanding and threats from E... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (406)

  Emailed in by Physiocrat, from the comments in an article on FT Adviser headed "The pound’s longer, sharper Brexit shock": Paris azawak said: @ Physiocrat @... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 DEBATE

• Celebrities and Advertising

  I have not kept exact tabs on this, but there is a pattern to the type of advertisements featuring celebrities. Adverts for something real that you can judge... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 DEBATE

• Left v Right v Brexit and Related.

  The core theme of Mark's blog - Land Value Tax and its companion programme, Citizens income - could be considered 'left wing'. I am not so sure. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 DEBATE

• The UK: A House Price Based Economy with a House Price Based Currency (2)

  From The Telegraph: Professor Mody, who led the EU-IMF Troika rescue for Ireland, said the pound had been driven up to nose-bleed levels from 2011 to 2015 by... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 DEBATE

• More on That Letter..

  As well as the BRC getting it wrong about tariffs under the WTO rules, they appear to have got it wrong about "falling back on to WTO rules" as well. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 DEBATE

• Lifted Directly from Http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/

  2. Open up markets with key partner countries We seek to create growth and jobs for Europeans by increasing their opportunities to trade with the world. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 DEBATE

• Bremoaners and Brexiteers Shooting Each Other in the Foot.

  Going back to that BRC letter... Falling back on to WTO rules would also increase the cost of sourcing from beyond the EU. The import cost of women’s clothing... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 DEBATE

• The 'bond Proxies' - Love 'em Or Hate 'em?

  Whilst supermarket shareholders took a bath in 2013/2014, investors in branded consumable goods maker Unilever have doubled their money in the last five years. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 DEBATE

• Financial Contagion (2)

  I offered an explanation as to why falling house prices end up harming the real economy (despite logic saying they ought to help it) recently, nobody came up... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Hard Brexit

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Which kind of Brexit would you like? Hard - 63% Soft - 4% Runny - 3% Scrambled - 10% Poached - 1%... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2016 DEBATE

• Can Anybody Understand That British Retail Consortium Letter?

  From the related BRC press release (I can't find the letter itself): While UK retailers have been very successful in insulating consumers from the cost of risin... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 DEBATE

• "Rosemary Jones's Baby"

  From Wiki and Wiki: Rosemary Jones’s Baby is a romantic psychological comedy horror film set in modern day London, England in 1965. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2016 DEBATE

• Oh Great. Just Bloody Great.

  Hammond hires HSBC 'economist'... http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1280TT... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2016 DEBATE

• The Independent Gets It Wrong but Also Right

  In an article spotted by Lola, the Indie tries to get to the bottom of what is causing Britain's "housing crisis". However, setting on one side that fact that... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2016 DEBATE

• A Better Running Order for the Songs on "Overkill" by Motörhead

  Being a traditionalist, I have tried listening to the whole album in the original running order with the two B-sides tacked on at the end (available on the CD... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2016 DEBATE