Latest articles from The Insiders Guide To Politics (http://insiderspolitics.com) http://insiderspolitics.com 2008-11-21T11:50:11+01:00 text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/the-criminality-of-transition-a173.html Lecture given at the Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI) on 18/4/2001 Human vice is the most certain thing after death and taxes, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin. The only variety of economic activi... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/market-impeders-and-market-a172.html Even the most devout proponents of free marketry and hidden hand theories acknowledge the existence of market failures, market imperfections and inefficiencies in the allocation of economic resources... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/immortality-and-mortality-in-a171.html Roberto Calvo Macias, a young author and thinker from Spain, once wrote to me that it is impossible to design a coherent philosophy of Economy without accounting for the (sad?) fact that we are morta... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/the-distributive-justice-of-a170.html "(1) Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all. (2) Social and economic inequalities are ... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/the-fabric-of-economic-a169.html Economy is called the dismal science because it pretends to be one, disguising its uncertainties and shifting fashions with mathematical formulae. Economy describes the aggregate behaviour of humans ... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/the-revolt-of-the-a168.html Three years ago I published a book of short stories in Israel. The publishing house belongs to Israel's leading (and exceedingly wealthy) newspaper. I signed a contract which stated that I am entitle... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/to-grow-out-of-a167.html There is a connection between economic growth and unemployment. There is a connection between growth and inflation. Therefore, commonsense (and financial theory) goes, there must be a connection betw... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/liquidity-or-liquidation-a166.html Large parts of the world today suffer from a severe liquidity crisis. The famed globalization of the capital markets seems to confine itself, ever more, to the richer parts, the more liquid exchanges... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/workaholism-leisure-and-pleasure-a165.html The official working week is being reduced to 35 hours a week. In most countries in the world, it is limited to 45 hours a week. The trend during the last century seems to be unequivocal: less work, ... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/competition-laws-a164.html A. THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPETITION The aims of competition (anti-trust) laws are to ensure that consumers pay the lowest possible price (=the most efficient price) coupled with the highest quality of... text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/the-dawn-on-the-a163.html The USA should be the first to positive-vote in the UNSC to submit the criminals in Sudan to the ICC, but it abstained. text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/government-credit-card-abuse-a162.html Ethics in government are at issues; Misuse of Government Credit Cards text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/military-intelligence-fbi-cia-a161.html Can we really protect our entire civilization from evey possible known or fantasized type of attack? text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/national-archives-needs-to-a160.html Excuse me Sir, you have stolen a document, you'll have to come with us. text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/the-world-of-diplomatic-a159.html What goes on behind the scenes in diplomatic circles often has a deep impact on people around the globe. 'The American Papers', which is a bunch of de-classified documents, allows readers to have a practical peep into the nitty-gritty of international diplomacy. text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/a-journey-through-history-a158.html Countries in the Third World are apparently averse to the very idea of learning lessons from history. It is no wonder, then, that their fate never undergoes a change for the better. 'The British Papers', which is a bunch of de-classified British documents, is a reminder to those concerned. text/html 2007-11-25T21:01:45+01:00 http://insiderspolitics.com http://insiderspolitics.com/banana-republic-a157.html Recently a judge accused the UK of acting like a Banana Republic over its fraudulent votes fiasco in the city of Birmingham...