Continental Telegraph

Stupid Damn MPs, You Really Don’t Want To Do This

Tim Worstall - August 17, 20202

Given the way this is playing out this is an organised attempt by the Labor Party to gain party political advantage. At the cost...

Finance

Now We Know, BaFin Were Deluded Idiots Not Crooks Over Wirecard

Tim Worstall - August 16, 20203

We can find out a lot about what people truly think by watching what they do rather than what they say. This is that...

Science

Nurse!

Tim Worstall - August 16, 20202

From our Swindon Correspondent: From the Guardian Another area of concern for you is the effect of Brexit on the science community. Do you see any cause...

Healthcare

Lordy Be Folks, This Isn’t How Vaccines Work

Tim Worstall - August 16, 20208

Everyone's being terrible and nationalist and really not supranational because there are lots of different vaccine programs going on. We should of course be...

Economy

French Productivity Is Indeed Higher Than British

Tim Worstall - August 15, 202010

It's one of those Willy Hutton things - French labour productivity is higher than UK, therefore Britain should do things more like France. Which...

Feminism

Just How Unobservant Is Michelle Obama?

Tim Worstall - August 14, 20203

Presumably the thought process runs along the lines of if it's happening to me then it must be important. And that the entirety of...

Economy

If Only The Fool Understood Rentier Capitalism

Tim Worstall - August 12, 20204

We've another one of those Guardian blasts at the iniquities of capitalism. This time around it's about rents and rentier capitalism. An analysis that...

Uncategorized

American Birds Being Killed By Neonicotinoids – Maybe

Tim Worstall - August 10, 202015

I know I'm supposed to believe in this science stuff and generally I do. But I do like to see more than just a...

Finance

A Particularly Idiot Claim About Scottish Independence

Tim Worstall - August 10, 20203

There are any number of idiot claims about Scottish Independence of course. They wish to go therefore we should prevent them from doing so...

Education

Let’s Kill The Teachers’ Unions

Tim Worstall - August 10, 20204

Vox treats us to a proposal for significant reform of the american K12 education system. Sadly, it doesn't include the one grand reform that...

Ragging on Ritchie

An At Least Partially Serious Question About Full Employment

Tim Worstall - August 9, 20204

Simple question on which your opinion is sought. The government will have a choice this winter between two macroeconomic policies it can pursue. It...

Economy

The Price Of A Life

Tim Worstall - August 8, 202015

Matthew Parris almost gets this right. He's talking about the price of a life, something we've got to take note of. Because, as we...

Environment

Ilkley’s Bathing River Is Nothing To Do With Bathing

Tim Worstall - August 8, 202011

The idea that we might have river beaches that are clean enough for people to bathe from seems uncontroversial. Except, of course, it isn't,...

Economy

Well, OK, But…

Tim Worstall - August 6, 202011

From our Swindon Correspondent: The only thing we all know is that a 66% drop in people working away from home will have a negative...

News

This Is Just Disgusting About Modern Journalism

Tim Worstall - August 5, 2020 8

How could people act in this manner? “It’s possible that I’m more sensitive to the editorial process due to my background in public radio, where...

Healthcare

Seems Sensible To Me This Endometriosis Study

Tim Worstall - August 5, 2020 3

A widely criticised peer-reviewed study that measured the attractiveness of women with endometriosis has been retracted from the medical journal Fertility and Sterility. The study,...

More Nonsense About Scottish Independence

Tim Worstall - August 2, 2020 11

We do in fact know how to gain Scottish independence - let the English vote on it. Given that most would be just delighted...

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