Except that *some* inflation is actually targeted by central banks. For a variety of reasons. (View Post)

Just as easily change the portraits of the existing people. Or change the design - which they will do anyway. A lot of this is management generating work. Think of the joy of running a whole project … (View Post)

In addition, he was actually talking about tear gas, not lethal gases. The full quote has him pointing out that tear gas would be more moral than dropping fragmentation (conventional) bombs on them. (View Post)

The process is part of the problem - it imposes huge costs, which provide the motivation to evade it. Much of it doesn’t add value in any way, shape or form. For example, for a domestic loft project,… (View Post)

Bingo. Paperwork without enforcement is just performative. If I can file a 500 page document proving firelighters aren’t inflammable, what’s the point? The argument I am making is for reducing proces… (View Post)