tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post8894245184520401979..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: If we really had a 'Socialist' government in Britain.....Neil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-90577194724488374132008-11-30T08:57:00.000+00:002008-11-30T08:57:00.000+00:00david: let's hope so.roland: in the 70s we were in...david: let's hope so.<BR/><BR/>roland: in the 70s we were in a far better economic position in Britain than we are today. don't forget back then we had North Sea oil revenues yet to come and we still had a manufacturing base.<BR/><BR/>DBC Reed: agreed.<BR/><BR/>Douglas: thanks for your kind words. I hope to post on Beveridge some time. I'm no fan of Hayek- he failed to appreciate the threat that capital can pose to freedom and democracy.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-19458618964546159532008-11-28T16:49:00.000+00:002008-11-28T16:49:00.000+00:00I've just started reading The Road to Serfdom by F...I've just started reading The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek, dedicated "To the socialists in all parties."<BR/><BR/>I've only read the introduction so far, but it mentioned that <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beveridge" REL="nofollow">Lord Beveridge</A> was the father of NHS and the current British system...<BR/><BR/>One thing that's very nice about your blog is your coverage of historical topics. But I've been reading your blog for a year now, and I haven't seen a post about Lord Beveridge, whom I believe you would greatly admire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-30226139696377694972008-11-28T09:13:00.000+00:002008-11-28T09:13:00.000+00:00Introduce a Land Value Tax to stop property bubble...Introduce a Land Value Tax to stop property bubbles developing.There was a stinker in the 70's after they got rid of the old Schedule A and then drastically increased the money supply (in Tony Barber's giveaway budget).<BR/>The disaster of the 70's all followed this episode and got blamed on the unions ( though Enoch Powell said they were "pure as the driven snow")DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-32500041879096379752008-11-27T01:18:00.000+00:002008-11-27T01:18:00.000+00:00Rubbish piling in the streets, poverty, total sink...Rubbish piling in the streets, poverty, total sinking of British industry, general misery and inevitable election of a reactionary capitalist party. <BR/><BR/>If it was the 70's all over again.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-65097307269520409082008-11-25T18:48:00.000+00:002008-11-25T18:48:00.000+00:00European federalism, American military-industrial ...European federalism, American military-industrial hegemony and global capitalism are all on their collective death bed.<BR/><BR/>They are not going without a fight, though.<BR/><BR/>But they are going.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.com