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Given their vast oil wealth and small (5 million) population, Norway was able to set up a sovereign wealth fund which now owns approx 1% of all...
When private pension schemes (which people pay into) accumulate funds, what do you think the fund managers do with the money? Right, they invest...
In a sense, Glidd, but only in the same sense which applies to all government expenditure. Every government is committed to various types of...
Most taxes are not hypothecated in the UK, but there are some exceptions (e.g. TV Licensing, Congestion charging, and pre-1926 Road Fund...
I can't really understand people who say they might give up biking "if they saw a friend die", or "if they had a big accident". The fact is, the...
Cheng Shins are now known as Maxxis, and apparently are getting better all the time. Will you buy some now? ... thought not. MZ's came fitted...
Well yes. Companies do not exist for the purpose of providing employment to as many people as possible, nor do public sector bodies. Private...
If I understand you correctly, Littlebert, I think your point is that free market capitalist companies always tend towards monopoly, unless...
No. Fine and dry at the moment. Forecast for tomorrow is mainly dry but chance of a brief shower during the day, then more likely to rain from...
"It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" La Passionaria, 1936
You're right, it's about being a 'good leaver'. Any employee can resign from any job on the instant (after all, we are not slaves), but breaching...
Believe me, the public sector is similar, as far as British government departments are concerned. It has always been about contriving ways of...
Absolutely, it was obviously Keynes I had in mind. Poor Gordon Brown thought he had evened out the trade cycle, and did pretty well at it 1997 to...
I'm in Castle Donington right now (18.30 Monday), at the Donington Manor Hotel. It's a pleasant traditional hotel, and appears to be well-appointed.
I've just booked a place. Will be riding up from London.
I have now bought a MotoLug collapsible trailer. Looks good, goes together well. I intend to use it this week for Donington 31 July. Will post...
Good thread. It's quite amusing to see the displays of breathtaking naivety, total ignorance, and outright fascism breaking cover here. Carry on,...
I agree that nobody fully understands the "dismal science". Sometimes a clever chap discovers a rule or curve or equation which seems to describe...
Well maybe, but bike racing is fast, loud, dangerous, technically complex, and exciting; Olympic sports are slow, quiet, risk-free, technically...
Agree. I had a 250 MZ ETZ for years. Much underrated, handling was able to embarrass a lot of big bikes - up to 80 mph, then you hit a brick wall.
