The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.
– Lysander Spooner
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Unlike traditional commodities markets, which will eventually involve delivery to someone in physical form, the carbon market is based on lack of delivery of an invisible substance to no-one. – Samizdata commenter RAB February 21st, 2010 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
 The most successful media companies out there are just digging their graves more slowly than the rest (hat tip to Kristine Lowe) January 15th, 2010 | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)
I was reading the Telegraph and came across this gem…
Huh? So that £3 billion that does not get paid to the state is a “loss to the economy”? How does that work exactly? Do the tax evaders burn that alleged 3 billion quid in their backyards to make sure that if they can not keep control of the money they earned, no one else will? Is that what Christopher Hope is claiming? In what way is money not paid to the state, but instead allocated to some other economic activity chosen by the person whose money it is, a “loss to the economy”? Does Mr. Hope think taxing people’s money creates more net wealth (or indeed any net wealth) compared to money left untaxed for private wealth creation? Really? January 12th, 2010 | 35 comments - (Comments are closed)
There’s a very important sounding letter in tomorrow’s Telegraph from hundreds of photographers who are angry that the government is violating their rights with anti-terrorism powers. Alex Singleton says it’s significant because “the signatories are not a bunch of lippy anarchists, but a roll-call of establishment figures”. The letter writers are demanding a change in the law and the recognition that terrorists don’t need to lug about heavy Nikons and tripods. December 26th, 2009 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
It’s not enough to be rich and famous if you’re not somehow “relevant”. Whether it’s Prince Charles or Al Gore or Leonardo DiCaprio or any of these other guys, they all have the same message: “Hey, I deserve to live like this. Now shut up and shiver in the dark, you peasants”. December 12th, 2009 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
– These are adjustments being made to five year average temperatures over the last century. I do not need to say where this comes from, do I? Blimey. November 25th, 2009 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
The extremely worthy TPA has a nifty new promo for their new book that dares to think the unthinkable… The book, Ten Years On, is available to order free here. November 18th, 2009 | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)
The internet is strange. November 18th, 2009 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)
This trend toward prescriptive behaviour is a direct result of abandoning the Rule of law for a “Law” of Rules. – commenter R. Richard Schweitzer November 15th, 2009 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
From time to time I get into a lot of trouble with my allies because I express skepticism of the value of prescriptive rights, regulation or transparency. In fact am inclined to think (though there may be tactical advantage in their reception in law) human rights are an ornamental distraction from the pursuit of liberty, Gucci belts for those who think buying trousers is disgusting. One of the reasons we are in such a terrible mess in the UK is that those on the left who used to care about personal liberty became utterly infatuated with the legalism, having been given the Human Rights Act as a pretty distraction, and now spend all their time defending its importance. November 14th, 2009 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
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