Mike Norman Economics

Sherbet lemons and liquorice allsorts among classic sweets that could be banned in nanny state blitz on sugar Kids absolutely love sweets, and they are an amazing part of childhood. I remember going to the sweet shop and buying all sorts of fabulous sweets, where in those days they were stored in glass jars up on shelfs. You would normally ask for a quarter of a pound of sweets, and then you would see the shopkeeper stretch for the right jar, after which he would use a scoop to...

Group says Jew-hate 'contravenes our fundamental belief that all people are equal and precious' - but has a history of accommodating controversial speakers I wished I had kept the tweet where a Labour Party member listed the threats the Holiday Inn staff received after their management agreed to rent a room to Chris Williamson for a talk. Members of the staff got emails threatening violence, and eventually two men turned up at the hotel who threatened the management. After this, they...

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Economic activity belies all the recession talk.

Time to get bullish again.

Forensic Accountant and Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos discusses his 175 page report claiming General Electric committed $38 billion in accounting fraud. [embedded content]

The Last Vagabond (I don't know his name) gives his take on the Hong Kong riots. He says that most of the rioters have stopped protesting now as the Chinese government has retracted it demands to extradite criminals to the mainland, but a few thousand rioters are carrying on with their violent demonstration hoping the Chinese government will bring in the army, which they then hope will get the US involved.There is a clip showing the violent protestors beating up a policeman who eventually...

The US accused the former President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, of being a communist when he sided the Bolivarian's of other Central American countries. But really, says Manuel Zelaya, it was that US corporations didn't want any competition, and prefer their rent seeking monopolies.  Since the US backed coup, the economy has struggled and the country's crime rate has doubled. [embedded content]

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