all posts from November 2007


Creative destruction is not what the market does

Some people fear competition because they have an abhorrent hatred of the word ‘privatisation or ‘market’’. Others, more prosaically, believe that the education of our children is far too important to leave to mere mortals and in a perfect world, infinitely altruistic and patient fairies would dispense knowledge with a flutter of their gentle wings […]

I think I want a Wii

Well after being away for the whole summer and autumn did you expect a witty title? Apologies for the absence, but I have a job that isn’t complementary to blogging. Anyway…
Tim Harford points out that there is a shortage of Wii consoles (again). Tim dwells on why the price doesn’t rise, but I want to use the story […]