How trust funds made the modern world
How trust funds made the modern world
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How to get Britain building.
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The Common Law Theory of Everything is nonsense
The planning system, not the common law, is what stops Britain from building
The lexical fallacy
The ethics of the HS2 bat tunnel
Links for November
PhDs, Princess Diana, and Progress.
Don’t crush the NIMBYs
We are not Margaret Thatcher. And the NIMBYs are not the unions.
Should we subsidise railways?
The Swiss, once again, have the answer
Links for October
Cities in California, Coronations in Africa, and Jimmy Carr in Arabia
A nuisance at the Bar
Pubs, cricket, and the subtle logic of the law of nuisance
How to make Bristol beautiful again
The year is 2041, and the Bristol Restoration Trust, or BRT, is looking back on a successful first fifteen years.
What is Parliamentary sovereignty, and what can it do for you?
Becoming a country that Just Does Things