Tag: Economics
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Human Irrationality is an Argument For – Not Against – Free Markets
If everyone was irrational all of the time we would be in big trouble. You’d never know when someone was suddenly going to swerve off the road for no apparent […]
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Understanding the virtue of thrift: A response to Joyce McMillan
In Response to Joyce McMillan’s article “Debunking the Tory myth of the magic money tree”, first published in the Scotsman on 02/06/17. Understanding the virtue of thrift: A response […]
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What Libertarianism Can Do For The Poor
Government intervention in our economy is currently taking a massive toll on living standards, especially for the poor, who do not have high disposable incomes and spend the majority of […]
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Universal Basic Income: For and Against
Antony Sammeroff gives a speech and answers questions about the proposed Universal Basic Income in Scotland. Antony Sammeroff is a writer and life coach from Glasgow living in Edinburgh. He is the Scottish […]
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The Death of Castro
The death of Castro requires special comment as social media has been awash, over the last couple of days, with celebrations of the man who has presided over a country […]
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Misanthropic Myths about 3rd World Poverty debunked!
One of the most persistent myths about 3rd World Poverty is that if underdeveloped nations are allowed economic advancement and become wealthy it will be some kind of unmitigated environmental […]
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The Hope of Affordable Housing – A Modern Fairy Tale
A Modern Fairy Tale “I’ve got good news and bad news,” says the politician behind the podium – live on tv – sweat dripping from his brow… “Here’s the bad […]
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We Shouldn’t Even Need a Basic Income to Meet Everyones Needs!
Over the past couple of years the popularity of the proposal for a basic income, paid to everyone in the country regardless of their income and occupation (or lack of one) has […]
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The Collapse of Venezuela
The collapse of socialism in Venezuela is significant although I doubt it will change the hearts and minds of the left here at home as we are subjected to the usual litany […]
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Why Mechanisation Does Not Cause Unemployment…
While nominally the adoption of machines can result in job losses; across the economy itself mechanisation does not cause unemployment but in fact frees people up to do more productive […]