EXPOSING THE “NO DEAL” MYTHOLOGY
‘DEBUNKING ECONOMIC MYTHOLOGY – PART 6’ [ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 47] EXPOSING THE “NO DEAL” MYTHOLOGY Emile Woolf – December 2018...
View ArticleHow to unravel economic complexity – the simple citizen’s guide – EP48
Economic Perspectives 48 GOING POSTAL – 28 JANUARY 2019 How to unravel economic complexity – the simple citizen’s guide Here’s a clue: if there are things that you, as a rational citizen, would never...
View ArticleInternational trade; imports/exports; securing borders; free trade; why is...
[Economic Perspectives – 49] BACK TO BASICS – AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK Last week’s economics essay [EP 48] posted on the “Going Postal” platform generated almost 4,000 comments. The following...
View ArticleECONOMIC DISTORTION, COURTESY OF CENTRAL BANK
“GOING POSTAL” 25-2-19 [ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES no. 50: EMILE WOOLF] ECONOMIC DISTORTION, COURTESY OF YOUR CENTRAL BANK Governments rarely set out to take responsibility for every single issue,...
View ArticleState intervention and market distortion
The French economist Frederic Bastiat is chiefly remembered for having developed the concept of “opportunity cost” or, more colourfully, “that which is seen, and that which is not seen”. We could put...
View ArticleRegulation has Gone Crazy!
Unregulated regulation – a contagious malady EMILE WOOLF – EP 52 [Going Postal – 8 April 2019] More often than not, regulation is a cover-up for exploitation or protectionism – probably both....
View Article“Funny-money” and the Cantillon Effect
THOUGHTS ON “LEGAL TENDER” AND GAMES OF PRETENCE Economic Perspectives 54 – April 2019 Few people understand the purpose of so-called “legal tender”. It is widely believed that the government’s legal...
View Article“No Deal” would be a blessed release!
[Economic perspectives 53] It must be clearly stated that Theresa May’s “deal” was not a compromise at all – it would have been nothing short of a humiliating capitulation. Let’s be in no doubt – the...
View ArticleCentral banks – blundering masquerading as policy
By Emile Woolf [ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES – 55] A couple of months back, in the context of blaming the government’s inflexibility for its failure to achieve a deal with the EU over Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn...
View ArticleTIME TO WAKE UP
GOING POSTAL – 24 JUNE 2019 [ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES – 56] A friend of many years’ standing has sent me an essay written by his 21-year-old grandson, now entering his final post-graduate year. It...
View ArticleThe case for taxing real “Value Added” – not VAT!
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES – 57 JULY 2019 Considering that the UK has a rag-bag of the most terrible taxes, did you note the competitive strategies for tax reform put forward by Tory candidates in their...
View ArticleA THOUGHT FOR THE NEW PM – JULY 2019
SPARE A THOUGHT (OR PRAYER) FOR THE NEW PM – AND HIS CHANCELLOR! EMILE WOOLF – ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 58 The global economy is entering dangerous territory. In Britain’s case, the standard scapegoat for...
View ArticleAuditors’ independence – all or nothing!
ACCOUNTANCY ONLINE – AUGUST 2019 Missing the real point has become an art form EMILE WOOLF The saga of the audit giants rumbles on without any discernible sign of resolution. Even member firms within...
View ArticleDetermination by Boris – economics!
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES – 59 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES – AS NEVER BEFORE GOING POSTAL – 29 July 2019 The pace of change on the political spectrum is truly bewildering for mere onlookers; and as for...
View Article“STICKING TO YOUR GUNS” – AND OTHER FAILED STRATEGIES
EMILE WOOLF [Going Postal 12-8-19, and Economic Perspectives – 60] There can be little doubt that tenacity is a great virtue. It means holding on to something important, something you believe in, no...
View ArticleTHE OVERDUE UNWINDING – THIS TIME FOR REAL
1 – Misplaced belief There is a common perception that public officials know what they are doing. They are experts paid out of our taxes, and have been doing it for years. It’s always best to leave...
View ArticleWE ARE PRESENTED WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES – 62 EMILE WOOLF, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in...
View Article“Keeping economics simple – AWAY from government!
[ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES – 63] [EMILE WOOLF 20-9-19] The US Department of Defence is a major customer of many private sector suppliers, including the Boeing Company. Although relationships between...
View ArticleTHE GULF BETWEEN RICH AND POOR
EMILE WOOLF – ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 66 We are well into the protest season. The long run-up to the election period has been characterised by one protest after another – no-deal Brexit, climate change,...
View Article“Nationalism” and “Protectionism”– the same thing?
Are the aims of nationalism and protectionism the same? The ideology of “nationalism” is characterised by the unstinting promotion of a particular nation’s interests, possibly regardless of detriment...
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