You mean, the bond market might not be able to intimidate everybody and a bunch of fat spivs wouldn't be able to make millions while holding us all to ransom? Well, that really would be tragic. … (View Post)

Are you suggesting that the debts we have now are analogous to those of a well managed company? If so, will you be taking out a mortgage to buy this bridge I am offering for sale? By the way, I would… (View Post)

Almost certainly. If only to piss off Nigel Farage. (View Post)

Did you hear about the comedian who took sixty seconds of his show to agree to a tax avoidance scheme? It was a Laffer minute. (View Post)

That's based on the idea that all public spending is unproductive of necessity. Which isn't actually true. For example, well-engineered and well-maintained roads are beneficial to economic … (View Post)