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Buffalo Bill Cable rides to rescue

Written on 14 May 2010. Posted in Banking.

Something for the weekend, from our Dodgy Dossier… A herd of big banks have been rampaging through the country destroying valuable cash crops and eating their way through taxpayer’s bailouts. Big game hunters, lead by the famous Buffalo Bill Cable, have gathered to root out malpractice and skin bonuses to the knuckle.

What free market?

Written on 13 May 2010. Posted in Economics.

According to free market theory, if supply exceeds demand, then prices fall to market-clearing levels. As it obviously is not happening in this town in a prosperous part of the south of England, there must be something wrong with the theory. Read more about the story here

Local government finance reformed

Written on 13 May 2010. Posted in Taxation.

The product of a long reflection on the subject, we put forward for discussion this radical proposal for local government reform.

Why can’t the journalists shut up?

Written on 12 May 2010. Posted in Politics.

It says little for the press that with the coalition less than twenty-four hours old, commentators have already rushed to pass judgement. Why not shut up and wait and see what happens before passing judgement? It is not as if we have lost a government of the wise and good. It was obvious as early as 1993 that Labour was always going to be a disaster, though the extent of it surprised me. It...

Which voting system?

Written on 11 May 2010. Posted in Politics.

One of the effects of the British election result is that it has called into question the country’s “first past the post” electoral system. The problem is to find a better one. The three main parties reflect, in a rough and ready sort of way, the threefold division of the economic process and those who take part in it. There are those who own the land, those who run businesses...

More land value the taxpayer will not get back

Written on 8 May 2010. Posted in Public Transport.

East London Line – May 2010, originally uploaded to flickr by Danny McL. The East London Line extension has now opened with this fleet of new trains. With further extensions it will eventually link Highbury with various destinations in south and south-east London. There are many journeys that people will now be able to make faster and more easily. Of course this will have a significant effect...

Wat is Grondwaarde Belasting?

Written on 4 May 2010. Posted in Non-English.

Grondwaarde Belasting beoogt staatsinkomen te heffen door middel van een jaarlijkse belasting op de huurwaarde van grond. De bedoeling is dat bestaande belastingen zullen worden vervangen, niet verhoogd. Mits geleidelijk en naar behoren toegepast, zal Grondwaarde Belasting een hele reeks sociale en economische initiatieven kunnen bekostigen, met inbegrip van woningen, vervoer en andere infra-structuur....

Another security breach

Written on 4 May 2010. Posted in Taxation.

A document marked ‘Top Secret’ was found on a train yesterday. It appears to be the draft of a speech that is intended to be given by the next Chancellor. We publish it here so that the author can contact us and have it returned. It is encouraging to see that whoever wrote it clearly understands the problems facing the next Government. But is the solution tax or cuts? There is no doubt...

The cupboard is bare

Written on 30 April 2010. Posted in Politics.

Although the electoral campaign appeared to have degenerated into a personality contest, the result suggests that people did not just chose the party with the leader they liked the most. Arguably, however, the head-to-head debates were a mistake and may have been a factor leading to the inconclusive result.

Bumper edition of Practical Politics

Written on 29 April 2010. Posted in Banking.

The April 2010 edition of Practical Politics covers a wide range of apparently disparate topics, all of which are ultimately linked to the ownership of land and what happens to the income stream it yields.

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