It might not be climate change causing the rats
It could be the policies against climate change causing the rats: Rat numbers are soaring in cities as global temperatures warm, research shows.
The Socialist Calculation Problem is solved!
Since Suez, the US has struck a balance with its allies, whereby they shoulder enough of the burden to show willingness, but not so much as to be capable of strategic independence. Trump seems to get only the first.
A Manifesto for Lord Mandelson - Part 3
Since Suez, the US has struck a balance with its allies, whereby they shoulder enough of the burden to show willingness, but not so much as to be capable of strategic independence. Trump seems to get only the first.
It’s not obvious that water’s problem is capitalist profits
As we keep being told it’s that nasty capitalism, that pursuit of profits, which is everything that ails the water system in England and Wales.
Productivity rises if allowed not because it is planned
Not that we’ve an official position on the legal change here but: If Maxime Chapoutier sold his new red and white wines in France, he would provoke an outcry and risk arrest.
Why, yes, Professor Mazzucato *is* wrong, why do you ask?
Schumpeterian profits for the win here: A breakthrough Chinese chatbot has sparked alarm about the country’s advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and wiped close to $1 trillion off global stock markets.
A Norwegian lesson for Scotland’s ferries
The chronic unreliability of the Clyde and Hebridean ferries, a monopoly owned and operated by Scottish government agencies, has caused serious economic decline within island communities.
Oooh, super! We just love competitive markets, even in tax
As everyone knows - well, everyone not wholly, drivellingly, unperceptive - competitive markets are what drive standards up over time.
The Chancellor’s new growth proposals
The Chancellor’s new growth proposals have been heavily leaked. They are worth serious consideration.
Immigration isn’t, in fact, necessary
Now we are in favour of the free movement of people. We’re also aware of Milton’s point that free movement and also a welfare state that incomers gain access to doesn’t really work. Only ever trade offs and all that.
Numbers can be absolutely fascinating
Nick Shaxson gives us his absolute proof that Amazon is a vile, dirty, monopolist that definitely needs to be regulated into something something:
Privatise the NHS!
The Guardian tells us that: Women in Britain are paying up to £11,154 for a hysterectomy in a private hospital, amid huge delays for NHS gynaecological care, research reveals.