Walter Block on sex Discrimination
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of information, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
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That Mitchell and Webb Look – Moon Landing Sketch
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McGrattan on how intangible investment changes real business cycle modelling missing booms and busts
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The Wire – Lieutenant Charles Marimow, the unit killer
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Prescott on booms and busts
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Energy crisis: Conservative MPs urge Boris Johnson to scrap taxes as bills rocket
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Overcharged and overtaxed. UK energy customers are getting clobbered from all directions: the markets, the so-called climate levies, and taxes. The government is in disarray as its renewables-based policies force the pace of cost increases.
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Energy bills have soared as global wholesale prices have risen rapidly – but some Tory MPs and peers say they have increased more in the UK because of taxes the government has the power to remove.
Twenty Conservative politicians have urged Boris Johnson to scrap energy taxes as bills continue to rocket, reports Sky News.
The MPs and peers have written a letter in the Sunday Telegraph to ask the prime minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help consumers facing “fuel poverty”.
Energy prices in the UK are being forced up faster than any other comparable country due to “taxation and environmental levies”, they wrote.
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Put April’s tax rises on hold and let growth fix the public finances
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First, the bad news. UK consumer price inflation has already hit 5.1pc in the 12 months to November. And it is likely to rise further in the coming months as businesses pass on more of the price pressure that is already in the pipeline.
In particular, the energy regulator Ofgem is reviewing its cap on domestic gas and electricity bills. The surge in global energy prices means that this cap could be increased by as much as 50pc in April, taking headline inflation as high as 7pc.
With underlying pay growth probably averaging about 4pc, this implies that real wages (after allowing for inflation) could be squeezed by as much as 3pc.
April is shaping up to be the “cruellest month” for other reasons too. This is the month when the planned increase of 1.25 percentage points in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) kicks in, as well as other changes including…
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New Wars and Revolutions – Demobilisation I THE GREAT WAR January 1919
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The Neanderthals That Taught Us About Humanity
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Will We Survive Mars? – Glad You Asked S1
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