The significance of the Granite Act
Preston Byrne, a Legal Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, who does our legal representation in the US, is proposing the GRANITE Act (Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny & Extortion).
Bypassing the Aussie ban on under-16s
Many under-16s in Australia might try to bypass the new social-media ban under which, from 10 December 2025, all major social-media platforms must prevent Australians under 16 from holding accounts.
The latest whining about inequality
As we’ve pointed out before our interest is in people having more.
The new mercantilism
Next March will see the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s ‘Wealth of Nations,’ the book that rejected mercantilism and created the study of economics.
The logic doesn’t work here
Just to be clear about our basic stance here - we don’t care about fossil fuels.
Promoting free or even paid-for landfill use
There are economic, environmental, and practical arguments for making landfill disposal free or even subsidized, rather than charging tipping fees.
Phineas discovers markets. Phineas doesn’t like markets
Zipcar, the world’s largest carsharing club, is leaving the UK.
These boots are made for walking
Boots are the enemy of high taxes, especially when worn by young people aged 18-35 and by millionaires.
An insight into how we are ruled now
Writing in The Observer Mark Malloch-Brown tells us that: However, we are where we are and……
That gurgling sound you hear is us laughing like drains
This is why we insist that government must pay the same taxes and charges that we do.
In which we praise - wildly laud - George Monbiot
Rather than just complaining George Monbiot has gone out and done something.