One of the medium sized charities told the government that this is “rationalisation” of the charity sector. Same charity is about to be done for grotesque violations of just about all the rules. (View Post)

The really worrying bit is when you talk to many such politicians. They aren’t just playing economic illiteracy to get votes. They really believe that stuff like the above works. (View Post)

Taxing your way out of a recession isn’t a novel idea, either. It doesn’t work. (View Post)

"those with no connection to economic reality" That's essentially all of the political class in every country. We've got Javier Milei and Mark Carney who are in rock throwing dist… (View Post)

The problem is the polarisation into Optimates vs Populares In a democracy, getting enough votes to sustain “we hate the masses” is problematic. Which means that the Populares win. Which at the momen… (View Post)