John Tyler Apple is clearly no friend of the USA. This behemoth of technology, which unveiled its first shareholder dividend in 17 years last week, has amassed a $100 billion treasure chest from a string of hit products.  Some $64 billion of this amazing pile of gold is kept from the IRS of the USA  [ Read More ]

Introduction One deficiency of a centrally planned economy is that the central planners cannot foresee the many niches and opportunities that a market will root out. When you hear about virtual economies you may well nod and reflect that the rise of Google and Facebook demonstrate this beyond doubt. But if I told you of  [ Read More ]

James Manwaring A friend recently forwarded me an article in the Telegraph, which informs us that the EU has banned the claim that water can prevent dehydration. It seems the barmy EU is at it again. The two other papers to pick it up on the story were, of course, the Mail and the Express.  [ Read More ]