Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Another of those potential climate change solutions

As we’ve noted before it’s technically possible to solve climate change in a manner wholly different from the way it is being attempted. It is possible, as Porsche is showing, to make petrol from air and water.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Rent control again

Rent control is back under consideration in many cities, even though it is one of the most damaging economic policies ever devised.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

What’s wrong with Natural England

Natural England is often criticized for being slow, bureaucratic, and inefficient in decision-making, delaying projects related to land management, farming, and development.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Are we any happier?

The question is sometimes raised to cast doubt on the value of economic growth. 

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James Kingston James Kingston

Why Britain should embrace its islands

Britain plays down its strengths, emphasises its weaknesses, and ignores its possibilities. Nowhere is this more obvious than in relation to the UK’s network of Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.

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Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Sadly, some things don’t have solutions

Another of those complaints about how we’ve got to do something because no one is having children any more:

You’d think that the vast range of activities put on for new parents would coincide with a boom in births.

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Maxwell Marlow Maxwell Marlow

Bad Trackers

I’ve seen some pretty shoddy data work in my time, but End Fuel Poverty Coalition’s ‘Energy firm “profits” tracker’ (quotations are my own) really takes the biscuit.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

The Moral Case For Liberty

Some analysts put the ‘Golden Rule’ at the heart of ethics, saying ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’

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