It's not at all clear that cutting the size of the public sector would increase GDP at all. Internationally, there seems to be little correlation between government spending as share of GDP and … (View Post)

It's the scientific process itself rather than the individual scientists that make science such an invaluable tool. Yes, scientists are human and have their own biases and beliefs, but science i… (View Post)

I have a long-time friend from school days who, by objective measures (average A-levels, philosophy graduate from low-tier uni, academic but rather hum-drum job) isn't stupid. However, he has al… (View Post)

Fair enough. To be honest, my doubts about EOTHO were more based on its potential for spreading infection than its cost. It seemed crazy that we were prepared to take the drastic measure of closing s… (View Post)

I think furlough was probably still worth doing even though it was obvious at the time that there was massive scope for fraud. I have, and had at the time, grave doubts about the wisdom of EOTHO. (View Post)