Tim Worstall Tim Worstall

Oxfam’s latest idea is wondrously idiotic

The charity called on the UK to work with other governments to oppose “extreme inequality”, with private wealth growing eight times faster than the net wealth of governments between 1995 and 2023.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Tapping the underground treasure

There is a treasure under out feet which, if tapped, could make most of the country richer and less dependent on imported resources.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

Creating a property-owning democracy

Margaret Thatcher wanted Britain to become a property-owning democracy, and she succeeded to an extent no-one thought possible when she took office in 1979.

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Johannes Matt Johannes Matt

Reform’s Bank of England Confusion

In a letter to Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice recently argued that the Bank should stop paying interest on reserves – i.e. the money that financial institutions have parked on the Bank’s balance sheet.

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Madsen Pirie Madsen Pirie

The nuclear peace

I am fortunate to have lived most of my life during the nuclear peace.

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