Professor Stephen Glaister of Imperial College, London, told the Politics Show that despite costing £20bn or £30 bn, it was doubtful whether it would [...]
"Why should homeowners buy a home as a bundle of consumption and investment goods rather than rent a home and invest traditional investments? In the long run, the asset value of a house owned by the [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
"the tax code encourages Americans to live in big, [...]
This is another case of the [...]
"It turns out that a severe regional recession strikingly alters the attitudes and beliefs of individuals growing up there. Recessions do alter [...]
From John Reader’s ‘Africa: a biography’:
The phrase commonly used in modern times by people who feel they have been financially betrayed - ’sold down the river’ - originally meant exactly that: appellants who lost their case at the last court of appeal in the Igbo judicial process risked being sold [...]
1. The Keynesian Friedman of "A Framework for Monetary Analysis"
2. The incredibly rigid financial regulatory straightjacket Friedman of "A Program for Monetary Stability"
3. The pro-bailout Friedman of "The [...]
Why isn't the headline on this story 'MPs urge lorry crackdown'? [...]
"So when we are assessing the effectiveness [...]
Statistics recently released by the Department for Transport reveal that every day millions of drivers of motorised vehicles commit offences by breaking speed limits which are proven to reduce crashes and save lives. A couple of headline figures:
• Forty nine per cent of cars exceeded the speed limit on [...]
"I think there is a argument against the Hayekians [...]
The lesson? Where underreporting of income is widespread, a flat tax can produce a revenue increase, but don't expect massive economic productivity gains. (tags: [...]
"no big cycling revolution is going to happen here without there being bold infrastructure changes that "the cycling mayor" would never contemplate.
Even my instructor, undoubtedly a prudent and peaceable road-user, said that at [...]
Two maps of the world. The top one varies country size by the amount of their carbon emissions. The lower one varies country size by the expected increase in mortality rates resulting from climate change. Notice anything?
I’m having difficulty seeing the moral or economic objections to taking [...]
(A) a country succeeds at economic development, or
(B) a country succeeds at economic development with a wise and capable leadership.
But isn't the question ambiguous? If (B) means 'a country succeeds at economic development AND has [...]
Yersinia Pestis has photographed all the old WW2 bomb damage maps from the London County Council archives, transferred them to flickr, and made this nifty Google map marking some but not all of the strike sites.
View V2 rockets on London in a larger map
Apart from [...]
