Regular readers will have noticed that recently I’ve been even more grumpy than usual, at least as far as the Lib Dems are concerned. Even conference hasn’t had its usual endorphin-promoting effect on me. I’m aware of it myself and while I’m not in the business of handing out mea culpas, I am aware that… Continue reading Quaequam Blog! needs to cheer up – tell me how!
Month: September 2008
Crunches, Guido and Seigniorage
One of the more entertaining aspects of the current global financial meltdown is watching Guido Fawkes, aka hedge funder Paul Staines, transform from arch-cynic about all things political to dewy-eyed innocent about all things financial. It isn’t that I’m a capitalist-hating trot who fervantly believes that this current crisis is going to lead to world… Continue reading Crunches, Guido and Seigniorage
The Littlewood Effect: Why wishful thinking won’t win the argument for tax cuts for the rich
The new ginger group Liberal Vision – which to all intents and purposes appear to be an entryist brand of the libertarian pressure group Progressive Vision – published a pamphlet this week called ‘The Cameron Effect’ (pdf). As regular readers of Guido Fawkes will know by now, this report makes the startling claim that two… Continue reading The Littlewood Effect: Why wishful thinking won’t win the argument for tax cuts for the rich