So I can’t start reviewing it. I am very excited, as I’ve told readers before my first economics book (which I didn’t read particularly well) was Das Kapital, so my formative experience with economics was one about factors shares. To get myself ready I have been reading around the issue – on top of the […]
A statement that is becoming increasingly popular – but is it true? Taxing capital, which is wealth, is the right way to address fundamental inequalities of opportunity in society Once again, remember that these are points for discussion – I am not saying I agree or disagree with them.
Today is St Patrick’s day – as it is a Monday I’m not sure people will be celebrating, which is a pity. I know that I will be at least. I’ll do my typical thing and link to this song: Frik me that is enormous, sorry I don’t know how to make it smaller! If […]
Recently Alex Coleman stated on twitter that he found economics ridiculous (in his defense, I specifically believe he is talking about macroeconomics – not the other 95% of economics that is not macroeconomics. Also, he probably heard an economist on the radio – we always sound a bit ridiculous floating in the media). That’s cool. […]
I had to do a brief chat about the Global Financial Crisis, “mistakes” that were made, and the role of the international financial architecture, for a organisation I’m not naming with people I’m not naming. It was Chatham House rules, but nothing particularly rough was said – so I’m more not naming anything as I […]
Offsetting recently posted about a tweet by Gareth Morgan on eating and control, including a reply I popped up. Essentially, Gareth’s tweet implied that the way individuals make choices indicates we have no choice over how much they eat. I disagreed talking about precommitment – he stated I assumed perfect information, which is both a […]