The line item veto
A line-item veto would allow the President of the United States to veto specific provisions, usually spending items, within a bill, particularly appropriation bills, without rejecting the entire legislation. The two issues to consider are whether it could be done and whether it should be done.
Planning the world with the wrong information
Millions of people are prevented from having the number of children they want by a toxic mix of economic barriers and sexism, a new UN report has warned.
Dealing with warming
The UK emits about 1% of global CO₂ emissions, whereas countries like China and the US contribute far more (30% and 15%, respectively).
The night before the spending review
On Wednesday, the government is set to publish the results of its long-awaited spending review.
The Guardian trips over its own poverty numbers
Ah well, journalists and numeracy, eh? Never the twain shall meet and all that.
Why fixed terms beat indefinite ones
Rulers for life, also known as lifelong or indefinite rulers, are usually worse than fixed-term rulers for reasons rooted in political theory, history, and human behavior.
But if the Government’s not very good at investing in healthcare then….
The Government has cut funding for nursing courses in a move that risks undermining its pledge to end the NHS’s reliance on foreign workers.
Stop the piffle and get with reality, Laddie
A lawyer called Stephen Kinsella (and not the economist of the same name) takes to the pages of the Independent to demand he be charged higher taxes.
If we learn our history then we can repeat it
Well, yes, but it’s worth really learning our history so that we can, in fact, repeat it. The incoming Tory Party then came off the gold standard and thus the pound devalued.
An FTT and pensions taxation, well, no, not really
To describe Richard Murphy as a tax expert is a category error. But beyond mere jeering it’s necessary to grasp his misunderstanding of pensions.
The Laffer Curve is a fact, not a theory
The Laffer Curve is a concept in economics that illustrates a theoretical relationship between tax rates and tax revenue.
Another £15.6 billion up against the wall then
Rachel Reeves is set to announce £15.6 billion for transport projects outside London in an attempt to tackle a surge in support for Reform UK.