Yes. I was talking about economic performance in 'political time' ie the shorter term. Over decades you'll see well governed countries doing better than similar but poorly governed one… (View Post)

I did too, thanks for putting up the link. Very well written. And almost all nonsense. It's a tad frustrating that those two things can go together but they quite often do. (View Post)

My entry for the @Benpointer Competition. Answers to the 14 Qs in order: 33/30/15/33 22/18/9/18 4 0 1 3 175 4.2 122.5 0.7 3.8 0.5 72 1/1 (View Post)

I know. Don't know why I bother. Easier to just accept it. Brexit will pay off eventually btw. Just need to take a very long view on that one. See, I can do it. It's bliss to give up. I lov… (View Post)

So you are, BigG, so you are. Although when I said "macro factors" I didn't mean specifically the BoE, I mean how the global economy is getting on. This is the biggest single determina… (View Post)