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Mark Wadsworth: How to avoid cow attacks, the movie...

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Saturday, 8 August 2015. How to avoid cow attacks, the movie. My latest blogpost: How to avoid cow attacks, the movie. Posted by Steven L. Thats great, but apart from the black bull jostling the farmer a bit at 2 mins 4 secs, I dont see a cow attack. 8 August 2015 at 16:26. These are prize show cows, very well behaved. But if that chap hadnt pushed the cow back, if hed turned and ran, freaked out or tripped over that would have been a cow attack. Maybe I should have called it How to foil cow attacks?

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Mark Wadsworth: Cor Blimey, who'd thunk it

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Thursday, 6 August 2015. Cor Blimey, who'd thunk it. Adam Smith Blog, here. I quote (a quote):. All people born in rich countries thus receive a location premium or a location rent; all those born in poor countries get a location penalty. [In a world of low international migration] most of one’s lifetime income will be determined at birth. Well, that kills off all the anti LVT arguments stone dead, one would have thought. What is true between countries must also be true within countries. MW Precisely&#46...

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Mark Wadsworth: Ant-Man and Dec-Man

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Friday, 7 August 2015. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but maintain their full sized capacity to irritate, Ant-Boy and Dec-Boy rise to fame as actors on the children's television show Byker Grove. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Ant-Man and Dec-Man present shows such as SMTV Live, Friends Like These, Pop Idol, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm a Celebrity. Get Me Out of Here, PokerFace, Push the Button, Britain's Got Talent, Red or Black and Text Santa. YOU can ...

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Mark Wadsworth: Been having huge fun on...

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Friday, 7 August 2015. Been having huge fun on. Anyone want to help out? My latest blogpost: Been having huge fun on. Well I disagree with one of your comments. Of course there is such a thing as a natural monopoly, land ownership for one, and as the commenter said, situations where the minimum efficient scale is big enough relative to the total market. Also, if you only have a few suppliers you get oligopoly-cartel type behaviour which is much the same as a monopoly. 8 August 2015 at 12:12. And it was n...

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Mark Wadsworth: Economic Myths: Household savings have risen 300% since 1975

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Friday, 7 August 2015. Economic Myths: Household savings have risen 300% since 1975. From This Is Money. Households today have around four times the level of savings that the typical family had in real terms 40 years ago, new findings suggest. Taking into account pensions, shares and deposit savings, the level of savings held by a typical family has risen by 294 per cent in 40 years to £145,566, compared to £36,989 in 1975, Lloyds Bank said. Meanwhile, 36 per cent of people across the UK in 2015 have no ...

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Mark Wadsworth: They own land, give them money!

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Monday, 10 August 2015. They own land, give them money! Via Duncan Stott on Twitter:. Communities Secretary launches £26 million fund for housebuilders to demonstrate the range of high quality homes for first-time buyers. My latest blogpost: They own land, give them money! Posted by Mark Wadsworth. Wierdest anti LVT argument ever! 10 August 2015 at 21:38. Its sooo depressing isnt it? 11 August 2015 at 07:19. Bugger all about preventing the new affordable homes being snapped up by aspiring landlords.

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Mark Wadsworth: "Liz Kendall accuses Labour leadership rivals of conducting hurtful smear test campaign"

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Monday, 10 August 2015. Liz Kendall accuses Labour leadership rivals of conducting hurtful smear test campaign". From The Evening Standard. A supporter of Liz Kendall has accused her Labour leadership rivals of carrying out a hurtful "smear test” campaign. Abnormal findings are often followed up by more sensitive diagnostic procedures, and, if warranted, interventions that aim to prevent progression to cervical cancer. Posted by Mark Wadsworth. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Miserablist of the Day.

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Mark Wadsworth: Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (366)

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Friday, 7 August 2015. Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (366). That the council tax system badly needs to be overhauled or even replaced is not in doubt. The most progressive option is probably land value tax, where the rate is based on the market value of the land alone. Along comes a Home-Owner-Ist in the comments with a tried and tested variant of the Poor Widow Bogey:. So if 'poor' people want to occupy valuable land, then why shouldn't they pay the same as people who can afford it, the same as poor...

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Mark Wadsworth: Economic Myths: Monopolies

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Monday, 10 August 2015. Traditional thinking is that a monopoly means that there is one single supplier of any particular category of goods or services. But this is all pretty irrelevant, all that matters to the man in the street is this simple observation. Pindyck and Rubenfeld note, a change in demand "can lead to changes in prices with no change in output, changes in output with no change in price or both". 1 Do nothing. Who cares if super-rich people keep bidding up the price of Picassos? 5 In some s...