... just in time for some socialist (of either party) to come in and find the "Third Way" and "share the proceeds of growth", i.e. get lazy and complacent again. Or we might just … (View Post)

England's flag is that of a Turkish saint who said he slew a monster that never existed. So we can't exactly throw stones. (View Post)

I suppose you mean medical consultants. If you mean management "experts" otoh, getting rid of McKinsey's and similar incompetent parasites is one of the few things that could tempt me … (View Post)

As always, I like the way you think. And John Cowperthwaite is, with Nigel Lawson, maybe the best economic policy-maker we've ever produced. Though I'm afraid we sold the pass on "prob… (View Post)

Monthly and even quarterly GDP statistics are worth precisely nothing, and it is stupid to make decisions on that basis. For one thing, they are routinely revised by large amounts. For another, facto… (View Post)