It is extremely tedious to see the PB gammonati jump on the BBC/charities/venison eaters are anti semitic bus. (View Post)

Britain’s core issue in my view is essentia I don’t quite agree with you on tax and spend. But I do agree that Britain’s model - which may have been right for other periods of economic development - … (View Post)

I’m not arguing to raise CT and I think Britain over-taxes productive economic activity. I am just here to say that the idea low-tax, low-regulation economies necessarily become rich isn’t borne out … (View Post)

Britain’s core issue in my view is essentially underspend in infrastructure and misallocation of resource via bad planning etc rather than “high taxation”, although the latter doesn’t help. (View Post)

Dubai - like Singapore - is an entrepot. It’s funded by immense oil wealth and has carved out a small niche as a centre for Middle Eastern and to some extent Indian trade. It’s also run on very cheap… (View Post)