A Happy Thanksgiving to all of our colonial cousins today of course, and here's a suggestion or two about what it's really all about. A producers' holiday celebrating private property rights ?

The always interesting Kip Viscusi: far from smokers costing society money, they save it money. Which makes the high taxation levels a little odd: it should, in logic, be a subsidy . 

Switzerland and the EU : is low corporate taxation actually a state subsidy? 

He may be a top policeman but he's certainly not a top logician . 

It seems that those outside the Westminster Village are in fact taking a great deal of notice of the missing CDs. 

No, it's not a surprising result, but then with those sponsors anything else would be .

And finally , a worthy contender for headline of the week.