All Posts Tagged With: "London"
Of Maps and Modernism
The unhelpful emphasis on the geometry of straight, parallel lines in the case of the non-New York maps reflects, I believe, an attitude fundamentally at odds with a vigorous, dynamic city.
13Jul2010 | Sandy Ikeda | 6 comments | ContinuedIn Praise of Tax Havens
According to stereotypes, tax havens are little islands in the Caribbean, and indeed that’s true of some of the world’s premiere offshore centers. But to be more accurate, a tax haven is any jurisdiction that satisfies two criteria: First, its tax laws are attractive to global investors and entrepreneurs, and second, it protects its fiscal sovereignty by choosing not to enforce the bad tax laws of other nations, at least when they are trying to tax economic activity outside their borders. This means, of course, that individuals and businesses from high-tax nations have the option of using those jurisdictions as havens against excessive taxation.
10Jun2009 | Daniel Mitchell | 5 comments | ContinuedCongestion Pricing: The Road to the Surveillance State
To combat the rush-hour traffic threatening Western civilization, American mayors are flocking to “congestion pricing.” They’re not alone: rulers worldwide love this scheme because it combines yet another automotive tax with surveillance cameras at every intersection. The theory fueling congestion pricing is the one spanning our automotive lives: driving is a “privilege” government dispenses. Driving [...]
1Jan2008 | Becky Akers | 0 comments | ContinuedProphets of Property
In 1800, fewer than 1 million people lived in London; a century later, well over 6 million. As the 20th century dawned, London had already been the most populous city on the planet for seven decades. Britain’s population as a whole soared from 8 million in 1800 to 40 million in 1900. In the previous [...]
1Jul2007 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | ContinuedJack the Radical
Mr. Segerdal resides in Glendale, California, where he is a writer. In the late nineteenth century, despite fabulous wealth, gracious living, and an industrial revolution that had reached the far corners of her empire, Britain was also an island of social unrest. Working-class discontent with poverty and disease was fueling the rise of socialism, and [...]
1Apr1996 | Alastair Segerdal | 0 comments | Continued-
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