Over the past two months a tragedy has been playing out in Europe and the US. Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, has recalled more than 20 million of their products, including Fisher […]
George W Bush is a liberal, and other oddities
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” Sir Winston Churchill. Aside from a few odd social […]
Bush’s “immigration crackdown” won’t solve anything
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday the Bush regime announced a new series of “get tough” moves against illegal immigrants and their employers, in the form of cracking down on employees using unverified Social […]
Tell me there’s a heaven
The little girl she said to me What are these things that I can see Each night when I come home from school When mama calls me in for tea On every […]
World trade talks fail … again
The Doha round of world trade talks have collapsed once again. The latest gathering saw India and Brazil vs the US and EU in Germany. The conflict is straightforward: Developed countries: subsidise […]
The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind
There is something magnificent about the way that modern, market-driven businesses get ever more efficient. How they are able to derive ever more from ever less. Agriculture used to be a matter […]
When equality becomes unfair: South Africa’s two economies
South Africa is a microcosm for all the world’s greatest unresolved itches. Here we have fair-skinned folk living in shiny new cities with first-rate infrastructure and access to all the best that […]
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