Category Archives: Politics and economics
The Myth of the Rational Voter – part II
A while back I posted in response to Bryan Caplan’s essay (and now book) on voter irrationality. He views human misconceptions, about economics in particular, (he quotes how people are wrong in orders of magnitude about the extent of foreign … Continue reading
Segolene for Prez!
No, I haven’t gone crazy, though if I have, there is method in my madness. France is a great country. Wonderful cities, some of the biggest European companies fighting it out with the worlds best; a fairly successful auto industry, … Continue reading
Inflation leaps
Mervyn writes. The Chancellor writes back. How nice. what have we learnt? Zilcho, but perhaps any sense of impending panic has been managed by knowing that there is a process in place. It seems rather quaint that the economy is … Continue reading
Morality and markets
A DJ gets fired for making unsavoury remarks about a women’s basketball team. Tim Worstall takes issue with Jane Galt’s view that Don Imus can’t be expected to keep his job if he makes offensive comments and contributes to falling rating … Continue reading
Guido Fawkes is wrong
Last night, Newsnight featured a story by Guido Fawkes on bloggers vs Establishment News and included an exchange with Paxo, Michael White of the Guardian, and Guido himself (in an rather hilarious attempt at ‘anonymity’) – update here is the … Continue reading