There was a conversation here recently about why the Quakers were such successful entrepreneurs. In part, that was because they held themselves to higher standards, enforced only by a sky fairy. But … (View Post)

Do we need Michel Barnier to get that staircase diagram out again? There may be some more improvements on the step the UK chose to place itself on, but the fundamental access/autonomy tradeoff remain… (View Post)

The trouble with housing costs is that the average doesn't tell us much. My goto example is the street where I live. Some of my neighbours are retired school secretaries who bought many decades … (View Post)

Probably the problem that underlies most of our other problems. Stuff should get cheaper, better and more abundant as time goes by. Just by accumulation of technical knowledge, if nothing else. And y… (View Post)

Conservative voters do like welfare cuts... right up to the point they affect them. See the calm shrug on the right when WFA was threatened. Remember also the wisdom of the Lilley. One billion off we… (View Post)