Gabriel Martindale
ARTICLES BY: Gabriel Martindale
Anatomy of a House Price Boom
If I have managed to communicate anything at all worthwhile in previous blog posts, I would like it to be the idea that...
Why I Don’t Want a Palestinian State
Every time hostilities erupt in the Levant, and quite a lot of the rest of the time too, I get the dubious pleasure of witnessing...
Israel’s Economic Model: A Relative Success Story
The financial crisis of 2008 and all the economic troubles that have followed on from it have widely been interpreted as representing the famed 'Crisis...
The Queen’s Jubilee and Her Strategy of Doing Nothing
Over the course of a long (and, of course, rainy) weekend, we Brits are celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Perhaps the most...
Stop Drinking the Moonshine on Prosperity
Everyone wants prosperity. As von Miseslong ago observed, even those political movements that vehemently decry modern materialism never promise their supporters anything other than increased...
How to Think About Taxation and Spending (Part 3)
In the last blog post we looked at how government spending creates short term wealth for some at the expense of long term prosperity for...
How to Think About Taxation and Spending (Part 2)
In my last blog we saw how taxation and spending damages the economy in two ways: first by decreasing the incentives of those taxed to...
How to Think About Taxation and Spending (Part 1)
One of the great tragedies of the modern world is the widespread belief that the science of economics - a remarkable accomplishment of human thought...
Britain’s Political Lunacy
British politics has been heating up recently. Last week the national debt of the United Kingdom passed the £1,000,000,000,000 mark, roughly one fortieth of the annual...
Ron Paul, Neoconservatism and Islamophobia, Plus a Thought Experiment
Supporters and opponents of Ron Paul's foreign policy make a number of arguments, some good, some bad, and some, frankly, mad. Since I'm...
Why Jews Should Listen to Ron Paul
At the beginning of the month the Republican Jewish Coalition, in a demonstration of typically self-defeating pettiness, barred Ron Paul from appearing at the event...
Britain, Class Warfare and the Welfare State
While one European country after another plunges into insolvency, you'll be glad to know that British politics continues its plunge into idiocy. The latest missive...
Not Yet the Age of Austerity
For the past few weeks I've been doing research at the British Library, the United Kingdom's august national library. Since it's a creature of the...
The Economics of Destruction
With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 looming ever larger on the horizon, debate about its causes and consequences is set to dominate the airwaves. Of...