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.
Neoliberalism: the record
Although neoliberalism has come under attack from the hard left, its economic achievements have undoubtedly created a better world for millions, even billions, of people.
Hasn’t The Guardian changed over the centuries?
That many of those who write for, or read, The Guardian are Marxists is not a surprise.
What non-economists often misunderstand
There are common misconceptions that non-economists often have about economics. These are not universal mistakes, but they are patterns that economists frequently notice.
It’s childcare that makes children so expensive
It’s worth noting that one of the things which makes having children so expensive is that cost of childcare:
Public sector diversity officers
It’s not easy to estimate the numbers of diversity officers in the public sector because the data is patchy and politically contested.
Real and nominal matter when talking about bonds
Aditya Chakrabortty gives us something that really should disqualify from being taken seriously on matters economic.