Sunday, 26 February 2017

Which Brilliant Ideas Are Far Less Widely Known Than They Ought To Be?

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It's a great question which a friend and I were discussing over a group dinner Friday night. I can offer plenty of suggestions to whe...
Saturday, 18 February 2017

When You State It Like This, The Minimum Wage Doesn't Seem Quite So Lovely, Does It?

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My local newspaper has a feature that looks to name and shame businesses that are finding ways to get around paying the full minimum wag...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2017

It Would Be More Surprising If Employers Are *Not* Discriminating Against Muslims

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A couple of days ago I saw a feature on the BBC News channel on discrimination against Muslims in the job market - Is it easier to get a ...
Saturday, 11 February 2017

A Libertarian Paradox?

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A friend, Tim Reeves , recently came up with what he claims is something paradoxical about libertarianism: "They claim the market...
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Thursday, 9 February 2017

The Truthseeking Wheat From The Truthseeking Chaff

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Suppose you meet someone for the first time. A way to impress them might be to talk intelligently at them for a while, reeling off a lita...
Wednesday, 1 February 2017

The Best Way To Be Right Is To Not Mind Being Shown You're Wrong

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One of the kindest things a regular reader once said to me was how consistently he thinks I get things right. "The thing about your ...
Saturday, 28 January 2017

It's Amazing That This Isn't Happening In Football

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A truth almost universally acknowledged is that getting things right is better than getting things wrong. Therefore when people either del...
Monday, 23 January 2017

Humanity's Next Great Leap Forward

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Recently I watched a programme on the BBC called Storyville: The Cult That Stole Children. It was another one of those documentaries abou...
Saturday, 21 January 2017

The Apparently Extreme Nature Of Facebook Unfriending

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Okay, not all instances of Facebook unfriending are a bad idea. If you are concerned about security, or confidentiality, or the person is...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Hostages Falling In Love With Their Abductors

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Libertarians are always going on about making the state smaller and the economy larger. A regular reader (and personal friend) asked a wh...
Monday, 16 January 2017

Oh This Is So Ludicruous

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Over the weekend, the consistently clueless Nicola Sturgeon bemoaned the possibility of a post-Brexit UK being a 'low tax, de-regula...
Sunday, 15 January 2017

There Isn't Really An Instinct To Preserve Our Species

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It's a commonly held view that we humans have an instinct to preserve our species. It's common, but I think it is misjudged - we ...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017

Another Instance Of The Wrong End Of The Job Market Stick

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On the radio the other day, the perpetually confused Polly Toynbee was exclaiming how ‘disgraceful’ it is that people like doctors, nurse...
Monday, 9 January 2017

A Better Way To Tackle The Social Care Crisis

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In the past day or two, a few unsettling headlines that show the NHS in a bad light have got everyone arguing again about who in Westmins...
Sunday, 8 January 2017

The Social Butterfly Effect: Six Degrees Of Facebook Separation

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Facebook is a place that throws up all kinds of interesting previously unknown connections - like how the girl your cousin's b...