“A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” This quotation has been attributed to a whole range of undesirable people, … Continue reading “Almost everything the Left tells you about inequality is wrong”

The general secretary of the Trade Union Congress, Frances O’Grady, said last year that Britain is a country in which … Continue reading “The rich get richer and the poor get… richer.”

– ‘There’s a study on this by University X, which clearly confirms A.’ – ‘That has long been debunked. Another … Continue reading “‘Market failure’ in housing? What ‘market’, Polly Toynbee?”

James Buchanan pointed out that the problem with much policy-related economics is that it assumes one type of human person … Continue reading “How many types of human being? – Mid Staffs and public choice”

When the ONS released its national happiness survey, critics complained that its results were trivial. But looking at how interest … Continue reading “£2m for the happiness survey was a bargain”

Everyone remembers this situation from their student days: You are in an oral exam. Until just now, you felt reasonably … Continue reading “Cameron’s welfare speech: why the critics are so upset”

Guido Fawkes reported recently that Polly Toynbee told the Edinburgh Book Show that left-wing people were both more intelligent and generally better … Continue reading “Socialists may be clever but they’re certainly not humble”

Polly Toynbee has argued recently that the explicit pursuit of wellbeing by government would lead to policy choices that were diametrically … Continue reading “Polly Toynbee should move from the Guardian to the National Review”

There are lies, damned lies, and, the saying goes, statistics. And then there are statistical claims made by Polly Toynbee. … Continue reading “Does Polly Toynbee increase the nation’s aggregate happiness?”