Here is another set of figures that really stuck in my memory. It is the average size of new residences built: US - 2,200 sq ft Ger - 1,600 UK in the 1930s - 1,600 Netherlands - 1,300 Belgium - 1,300… (View Post)

Encouraging self-build is the best way to improve housing quality. That way you can be sure you're building a house that at least one person wants to live in for years, whereas developers don�… (View Post)

Where do you get the figure of a million from? Don't tell me, Professor Ferguson who said that mad cow disease would kill 50,000 people instead of a few dozen, or foot and mouth would kill 150,0… (View Post)

Yes, I agree. We've ruined the quality of life for tens of millions, and once all the deaths caused by recession, interrupted healthcare, etc., are counted, we probably won't have saved any… (View Post)

No on austerity - it was counter-productive because of the paradox of thrift and the householder fallacy. Basic first-year macro. As the government can finance a large deficit by QE, how is having on… (View Post)