Category Economy General
ON SOBER REFLECTION – A QUICKIE
I’m preparing an ‘upside’ post right now to balance all of the ‘downside’ stuff that I’ve published here on this blog over the past year or two. I recognise the need to shine some light on how we’re supposed to respond to what I argue is a steam train coming down the tracks towards us, […]
WHERE’VE YOU BEEN?
Apologies for the hiatus. I decided at the end of 2012 that during 2013 my own, main business activities (in the housing market) were not going to keep the wolf from the door. The housing market crash has meant that many businesses like mine have struggled since 2007/08; indeed, I’m aware of many businesses in […]
OPTIMISM … AT LAST
A GUEST POST I’m delighted to present a guest post today, prepared by Carlos. You may recall that in my previous post (Almost Time to Look to the Positives) I made reference to Carlos and some of the views that he holds which (on the face of it, anyway) are quite contrary to my own. […]
ALMOST TIME TO LOOK TO THE POSITIVES
Introduction This post is the longest one I’ve written to date. You might wish to make yourself a cup of tea or coffee, or pour something stronger before reading on. Indeed, you might decide to wander off and find better things to do; if so, that’s fine by me. If you’re sticking around, though, you’ll […]
HOUSES CREATE MORE HUMAN HAPPINESS THAN FIELDS
… or so we are told today by Mr Nick Boles, Planning Minister (see link below). I live in the Highlands of Scotland: relatively low population density. Recently I found myself spending a couple of weeks living on the eastern outskirts of Bristol; I went down to arrange my father’s funeral. My experiences in the […]
JEREMY WARNER VERSUS MORAYMINT – AGAIN
Jeremy Warner is an excellent business and economics journalist who works for the Daily Telegraph; I always read what he has to say. Generally I concur with his analyses and conclusions. However, there is one fundamental issue on which I profoundly disagree with Mr Warner. Take his article in today’s Daily Telegraph “J M Keynes’ […]
TAX EVASION
“I’m expecting to receive this much dosh from taxpayers for doing bugger all for 3 years after I lose my job. So don’t you dare try to evade paying your taxes, serfs …”. Interesting to note that the British Government is leading a charge against tax evasion by signing the UK up to an “information […]
UK ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECAST HALVED
For those of us who have spent at least the past 5 years pointing out that the developed world has reached the end of growth, in other words the end of industrial age, cheap-fossil-fuelled-energy rates of economic growth, it’s no surprise to learn that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has today announced a halving of […]
CYPRUS (AGAIN) – NOT WHAT YOU’LL HEAR ON THE BBC
“The bail-in announcement for the Cypriot banks late Friday night was one of those events when we all look back and think that was the beginning of the end of the real global financial crisis. This should leave any individual in Europe under no illusion that the political elite will enact whatever it deems fit […]
DAVID CAMERON BREAKS WIND
Once again I’ve just been reading Jeremy Warner in today’s Daily Telegraph (link below) where he’s written an article entitled “David Cameron is ‘pure wind’ on the economy”. Mr Warner makes reference to George Orwell who pointed out that, “political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists […]
Moraymint Chatter 