Author: CreativeDeduction
The case against inheritance tax
‘Why not fund the welfare state with a 100% inheritance tax?’ So asked Guardian columnist Abi Wilkinson in a column from July 2017. The concept of steep [...]
The end of monetary life support
In late April the yield on the US 10-year Treasury bond broke 3% for the first time in more than four years. Back then it was the fear of the consequences of [...]
Equal access and the market for “social justice”
In Britain we have something called Equality Act, a piece of legislation which aims to protect people with a range of characteristics and provide “equal [...]
Under socialism, who will do the dirty work?
‘From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs’, wrote Karl Marx in his 1875 book ‘Critique of the Gotha Programme’. The tenet [...]
The UK’s Orwellian hate speech laws are a bad joke
Count Dankula, the YouTuber, was today fined £800 for teaching his girlfriend’s pet pug dog to perform a Nazi salute. Dankula, real name Mark Meechan, had [...]
The greenbelts and the spirit of Peel
Greenbelts are the rings of countryside surrounding London and other large UK cities, designed to contain urban sprawl and preserve green spaces for the [...]
The left’s unprincipled opposition to war
There is really only one thing which can unite the far sides of the political spectrum: war, or rather, the opposition to it. When The US, Britain and France [...]
May libertarians use the roads?
Some argue that it is intellectually dishonest to be against the state and at the same time allow oneself to make use of any sort of publicly provided [...]
Murder in the welfare state
Recent news that London’s murder rate has overtaken New York’s has caused much soul searching in the UK, and there seems to be plenty of blame to go [...]
Soybeans and the foolishness of trade wars
The trade war has begun. This week China announced retaliatory measures in response to President Trumps 25% tariffs imposed on $50bn worth of imports from [...]