Football fans in the top leagues can drink alcohol in their seats, so long as they're in the Directors Box or -indeed- in any expensive hospitality box. (View Post)

I am very impressed by @interested's attempts to mangle the basic economics of supply and demand. A land value tax would almost certainly lower rents, because it would discourage properties from… (View Post)

I must admit, my big wedding wasn't that much fun. Much more fun was the party we held a few weeks later for people who couldn't make the wedding. (View Post)

Selling the property does not destroy it, as far as I'm aware. What the land value tax does discourage is leaving properties empty, or land undeveloped. (View Post)

I don't have any issue with a *small* wealth tax, but I am generally nervous about valuing things which are illiquid and/or otherwise hard to price. This year, the Series B on my insurance compa… (View Post)