Markwadsworth

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• Fun Online Polls: Midges & Grammar Schools

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: Have you noticed/suffered more midges/midge bites than usual this summer? Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 DEBATE

• The North West Passage Vs Suez and Panama Canals

  John Burns left a comment on my post of three years ago explaining the pricing policies of the two canals and how they would be affected if the North West... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 DEBATE

• We Don't Do These Things Because They Are Easy. We Do Them Because They Are Hard.

  

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  Posted on 07 August 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (401)

  Edward Lucas wrote a reasonable and well argued article in The Times arguing against SDLT and in favour of Land Value Tax (via MBK). Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2016 DEBATE

• Central Bank Interest Rates Cuts Vs Commercial Bank Profits

  From today's Daily Mail: Australia's wealthy banks are set to hang on to $917 million by not passing on the Reserve Bank's record interest rate cut. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 DEBATE

• Here We Go, the Mid-cycle Wobble...

  As is easily observed, land prices/bank lending goes in 18 year-cycles, there is a credit crunch and associated recession every 18 years and a wobble after 11... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 DEBATE

• Fun with Numbers: Doctor Shortage in Rural America

  I received an email doing publicity for an American "international medical school", it's mainly padding but here's the fun part: Historically, graduates of... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 DEBATE

• Classic British Understatement

  From the BBC: A man caught speeding at 154mph (247km/h) has been banned from driving for 56 days.... He was driving a [ghastly little hatch back] when he was... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Merkel & Midges

  The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows: How many more Islamist attacks will it take before Merkel realises it was wrong to let a million of... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 DEBATE

• All Profits Go to Rent, Part the Manieth

  From the BBC: Politicians should stop using a "carrot of higher graduate earnings" to justify raising student fees or freezing repayment thresholds, say... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 DEBATE

• And One More Time for the Fat Lady at the Back...

  Here Richard Jones, policy adviser at the Residential Landlords Association, said: “Unless they make funding available, landlords will be forced to pass these... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 DEBATE

• This Money Creation Nonsense, to Summarise for the Umpteenth Time.

  1. Money is not a thing in itself (like mud or energy or clouds) it is a unit of measurement, like inches measure length, kilograms measure mass and so on. 2.... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 DEBATE

• VAT Vs LVT

  I recently received another email extolling the virtues of VAT and saying that it fixes perceived problems that LVT can't. Firstly, there is allegedly massive... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  From the FT: Sir, There is no capital gain to be had with houses, except for those of outstanding artistic merit (“Homeowners’ £18bn-a-year tax relief... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 DEBATE

• Zoo Animals: Fighting Back

  From Cincinnati.com, last month: A holiday weekend outing at Cincinnati's zoo turned doubly tragic Saturday when a 3-year-old boy was hospitalized after... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income, Not (2)

  From yesterday's Evening Standard: Imagine if the Government paid every citizen a non-trivial amount of money — say, £10,000 per annum — simply for... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 DEBATE

• Reader's Letter Of The Day

  Spotted by Carol W in the FT: Sir, I normally agree with your Europe correspondent, Wolfgang Münchau, and his incisive comments on European economic matters, bu... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2016 DEBATE

• Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (400)

  I was waiting for something really epic for the fourth centenary instalment, but Benjamin's has neatly goaded somebody into painting themselves into a corner... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 DEBATE

• Fun Online Polls: Renewing Trident & Islamist Attacks in Germany

  The results to last week's poll were as follows: Renewing Trident: Which statement do you agree with more? Scrapping Trident would be an act of gross... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 DEBATE

• An Easy Way to Remember All Eighteen Pokémon Types.

  My little girl understands the rules of the game and can reel off the different types in some sort of inherently logical order. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 DEBATE