Progress and Poverty

The above title is also the name of Henry George’s greatest work (which I strongly recommend everyone on the planet to read). I mention this because, while the Lib Dems broadly voted the right way during their poverty debate yesterday afternoon (certainly in rejecting the option to support differential age rates for minimum wage), I… Continue reading Progress and Poverty

Will the Lib Dems finally get serious about taxation this morning?

Mark Braund is remarkably generous about the Lib Dems on Comment is Free this morning, saying that “what makes the Lib Dem position on tax most interesting is their apparent willingness to discuss the far more radical idea of land value taxation (LVT).” The truth is, this debate will be happening in the face of… Continue reading Will the Lib Dems finally get serious about taxation this morning?

Guardian labels Quaequam Blog “a Lib Dem gimmick”

According to Patrick Wintour in his Guardian Guide to the Conference Season, this blog is the top tip for winning tomorrow’s Lib Dem Blogger of the Year Awards. Aw, shucks. What’s more, this apparently makes me the Lib Dem equivalent of Arnold Schwartzenegger. Meet me on muscle beach, I have clearly some catching up to… Continue reading Guardian labels Quaequam Blog “a Lib Dem gimmick”