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Not rearing pigs
Read more: Not rearing pigsA friend recently sent me this celebrated letter on the absurdity of bureaucracy. If you have not seen it, enjoy: Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Nobel House…
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Razeen Sally, “Trade Policy, New Century”
Read more: Razeen Sally, “Trade Policy, New Century”This post originally appeared on cobdencentre.org. Razeen Sally’s Trade Policy, New Century (PDF) succeeds magnificently in explaining the 21st-century case for free trade and, specifically, unilateral trade liberalisation to the interested, non-specialist reader. From the IEA home page…
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Merry Christmas
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Crass Keynesianism
Read more: Crass KeynesianismThis article originally appeared at cobdencentre.org. Via Thrifty families accused of prolonging the recession – Times Online, yet more crass Keynesianism: Anxious families are repaying debts instead of spending in the shops, amid concern over the uncertain economic…
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Winter field, Wycombe
Read more: Winter field, WycombeSnapped en route to collect the Christmas groceries by foot. It was a long way back up the hill!
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Wycombe in Winter
Read more: Wycombe in WinterFollow the link from the photo for more.
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Big Players and the Economic Theory of Expectations
Read more: Big Players and the Economic Theory of ExpectationsThis post originally appeared on cobdencentre.org. Via FT.com / US / Economy & Fed – Fed signals pullback in liquidity supports, we learn: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday upgraded its assessment of the US economy and highlighted its…
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Sir Ken Macdonald on Tony Blair
Read more: Sir Ken Macdonald on Tony BlairVia The Scotsman, we learn of Sir Ken Macdonald’s view of Tony Blair in respect of the war in Iraq: TONY Blair deployed “alarming subterfuge” to mislead the British people over the war in Iraq, one of his…
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Blair commits a revolt against reason
Read more: Blair commits a revolt against reasonSo here I am, back online in our new High Wycombe home, just in time for this revolt against reason: Following the ‘climategate scandal’, Mr Blair said the science may not be “as certain as its proponents allege”.…