How Alex Salmond lies about Scottish finances
Last night (10/12/2014) Alex Salmond was interviewed by the ineffectual Kirsty Wark on Newsnight. When asked about the price of oil dropping from his prediction of $150 a barrel to […]
The under occupancy charge is brilliant
Some people (far too many) have their housing rental paid for by other people (the taxpayer). In many cases these people are squatting on rooms that they don’t need. This […]
The Scottish problem is getting worse
Let’s firstly take a look at the facts: The YES campaign in the Scottish referendum LOST. Democratically. They are ignoring the fact that the majority of Scottish people voted against […]
Foodbanks explained
Man benefits enormously from being a social animal. Division of labour, markets and capitalism have allowed us to build an amazingly prosperous modern society. A part of this is our […]
Why have antisocial behaviour and violence decreased so much?
Twenty years ago our society suffered with far more sociopathic behaviour than it does today. Graffiti and vandalism was everywhere, drunken misbehaviour was commonplace. Very many people had no problem […]
Bruce on Economics!
Let’s start with a brilliant video featuring Arthur Laffer, one of the world’s very best Economists. Although it is about the USA, the lessons learned can be applied to any […]
How to better manage the British economy
One huge problem that the Chancellor has is that virtually all his policies presume the UK to be one homogeneous economy. That Drumchapel, Easterhouse and the Gorbals are just like […]
Why the British public sector is so execrably awful
It is irrefutable fact that the bigger a country’s public sector, the worse that country will perform economically (see Cuba, Venezuela etc) and that the bigger a country’s private sector, […]
Gini Coefficient is often silly
For those who don’t know, the Gini coefficient is used to measure equality of income. With a coefficient of zero everyone has exactly the same income. With a coefficient of one […]
Productivity is King
When I was young a doctor or lawyer was materially poorer than a lifetime, dependency culture chooser is today. We take devices like washing machines, televisions and fridges for granted. […]
Maersk Triple E. The perfection of capitalism
The Maersk Triple E is the largest ship currently in service at 400 metres long, carrying 18,270 20 foot containers and costing $190 million each to build. Using slow steaming […]
Two huge socialist lies
Socialism is not the natural way for human beings to organise our society. Division of labour and markets have been improving our lives for many thousands of years now and […]