The Philosophical Muser

In a world in which nonsense is pretty uniformly frowned upon (everyone adheres to this principle, they just disagree on what actually co...

  Best Bar: The Playhouse Best Restaurant : Toss up between Bill's and Roots Best Food: Lamb Moussaka, Creamy mashed pota...

Regular readers of economics will know that despite common myths to the contrary, the reality is there isn't much of an unfair pay ga...

I saw an article today that claimed that nine of the poorest regions in northern Europe are in the UK . Ignoring a bit of dodgy geography...

This picture of the various sizes of quality street tins over the decades seems to have gone viral, with everybody glad to see what they k...

The Women's Equality Party is a party whose main agenda is to use women's lib to reduce inequality and make women a more promine...

I was just catching up on my Guardian reading, and came across this article about George Osborne relying on rising immigration numbers t...

So this happened, and it's one of those rare things that when it does happen it reveals fascinating things about humans. I just joined a...

Concluding the series… Myth 5: Only a few people make the world unequal. Reality: In actual fact, we all make the world mor...

Continuing the series… Myth 4: A rich place like the UK has far too much inequality. Reality: The UK 's inequality is a ...

Continuing the series… Myth 3: Inequality is all about income Reality: Incomes aren't as much of a great indicator of people...

Continuing the series… Myth 2: High wages occur at the expense of low wages. Reality: If high earners were on less, low earners wou...

It's fast becoming clear to me that just about everyone you encounter (barring a few pleasing exceptions) has become convinced that i...