It can be difficult to work out which is the more vile, fatuous and wasteful: the American Farm Bill or the EU’s CAP. Just to help stoke the ire, here’s Alex Massie with a map of who gets farming subsidies in Manhattan. Anyone seen one for Chelsea?

Some calculations on what we might do about climate change. Unfortunately, it appears that the suggestions of both the Stern Review and Al Gore don’t cut it: they’ll cost more than the damages they’ll save. This is known in numerate circles as not being sensible.

Something we can do about climate change that won’t hurt at all: buy more wooden furniture.

Just who is rebuilding New Orleans? Well, we know it’s not FEMA, nor any other bureaucracy, so meet some of the entrepreneurs who actually are.

The costs of the smoking ban: if you’re a once a week pub visitor that cleaner air is costing you £5 a time. Would you actually have paid for that directly? And if you would, then a voluntary code where non-smoking pubs charge for entry would work, wouldn’t it?

Contrary to the happiness research experts, it seems that more money does indeed make you happier.

And finally, my, how opinions can change in a month.

From Adam Smith Institute

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