- the intuitive feeling that the 8% figure was a wild overestimate (though I was willing to be convinced otherwise) - irritation that it was taken so seriously by so many people obviously who wanted … (View Post)

I apologise for the inordinate length of this piece - those with time on their hands should probably skip to the conclusion. The final part to this series will be finished on Saturday. (View Post)

The economy may suffer slightly in the short term as income is redistributed to groups with a higher propensity to save (though the extent to which this is true is often exaggerated). But allowing th… (View Post)

Off topic, I have just spent the last two weeks in Albania, and have just crossed over into Greece. As some appear to appreciate my occasional observations from my travels, I thought I'd note do… (View Post)

She may be, and I'm no-one to speak up for socialists of any description, but fwiw a good friend of mine worked for her as an aide for a year and said she's a genuinely nice and well-meanin… (View Post)