I think you are right on child A but off on child B. Basically, both children have shown the same thing: they have at least one good apple. That rules out the permutation where all apples are bad. Th… (View Post)

Versus the counterfactual almost certainly. (View Post)

Some of the stuff they come out with is so stupid. Their argument for binning NPR was to spend money on "train services that people actually use". That kind of logic implies you should neve… (View Post)

He made many mistakes but the OBR is a good idea. All the OBR does is come up with an independent fiscal and economic forecast. It fulfills the same function as the CBO in the US. It reassures market… (View Post)

No, the OBR is the only good idea George Osborne ever had. Scrap the OBR and you can add 100bp plus to bond yields. (View Post)