Why 1% of world history has 99% of history's wealth
Unlike the make-believe hockey stick used by global warming alarmists, the one (below) showing practically no growth throughout human history until a stunning rise when capitalism really kicked in in the 19th century is real, and amazing
- 17 June 2014
Wealth redistribution: Who takes the biscuit?
As Milton Friedman observed that “Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie; that one party can gain only at the expense of another”
- 13 November 2012
And now the redistribution of consumption…
The Royal Society wants you to give up your lifestyle so developing countries can grow. But does it really work like that?
- 26 April 2012
Does socialism work? A classroom experiment
Most intelligent people realise that socialism could never work. Here is why, in the simplest fashion
- 17 November 2011
Money for nothing
The public sector is gearing up to battle against the austerity measures but if George Osborne was in anyway tempted to stop them being implemented, we could end up with no money for the public sector and no kicks for free.
- 12 September 2011
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