Corporation Tax or Income Tax: Which is the greatest con? Taxation is arguably, the greatest intervention of government in the...
Stealing the silver: How we take from the dispossessed, the poor and our own children There are numerous cases where well-meaning people find themselves defending...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work? Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
Regulating the above average: Luck or skill? Considered thinkers from Mandelbrot ('fractals') or Keillor ('Lake Wobegon Days')...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis? The discharge of raw sewage into rivers, as well as...
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans Ever wonder if the "experts" managing your money truly have...