Brexit: even a worst-case scenario is not so bad

London had really bad air pollution in the good old days

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The National Living Wage: Jeopardising 60,000 Jobs

An expert’s guide to negotiating Brexit

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Why are French jobs so miserable and dangerous?

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Data extracted on 08 Mar 2017 01:49 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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Australia has even fewer MRI scans then the NHS!

MRI scans

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The rise of a British working rich

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British gender wage gap for lower paid

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British gender pay gap now negative for 20 something women

British top 1% really have dropped the ball, left labour surplus on the table

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Street Scenes of Manchester in the Edwardian Era

https://youtu.be/VI1gRTJ3p8M

Source: vintage everyday: Rare Footage Captured Street Scenes of Manchester in the Edwardian Era

How well do you know your local burglar?

Something is known about the burglar in 45% of cases. In this rather invasive crime, half of burglaries are betrayals of trust or familiarity. More than a few of these burglaries might be committed by family members and friends wanting money for drugs but that is speculation.

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Source:  Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.

British unemployment rate since 1855

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Source: Three centuries of macroeconomic data | Bank of England Table A28.

College and post-graduate wage premium in the English speaking countries, France, S. Korea, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden

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Source: Education at a Glance 2015, section 6.

German, French, British, and US real housing prices, March 1975 to March 2016

Still have not seen a decent explanation for why German housing prices seem to fall for decades on the trot.

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Source: International House Price Database – Dallas Fed.

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