But is GDP growth a measure of us all having central heating now? Or hours worked? Or (quality) life expectancy? Yes - it often is. Except... We've become so used to using GDP growth as a proxy measu… (View Post)

With whom as Schnorbitz? (View Post)

Starring a very chilly Kate O'Mara. (View Post)

Probably not - they don't have the benefit of troops who went through it the first time. They are either redployed, dead, wounded, or POWs. (View Post)

One significant difference in 1945 is that no-one else had the technology. The Japanese didn't know exactly what it was, and how many the Americans could deploy. They recognized that there was simply… (View Post)