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Is it quantity, not quality, of corn syrup that makes the difference?

Some have suggested that corn syrup, which is added to so many American foodstuffs, is worse for obesity than other types of sugar.

The US indirectly subsidizes the production of corn syrup, primarily through federal support for corn production rather than direct subsidies for corn syrup itself. It provides several types of subsidies to corn farmers, i...

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That £700 million fish disco is why we’ve no productivity growth

If you’ve not heard of the £700 million fish disco:

More than £700 million is being spent at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station on measures expected to save 0.083 salmon a...

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The most hated building in London

The old Department of the Environment building on Marsham Street in Westminster, sometimes called the Marsham Towers, gained a reputation as the most hated building in London for several reasons:

The complex was a 1970s brutalist project, three 22-storey concrete slab towers sitting on a massive podium. These towers were widely considered an example of...

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How glorious it is to see Worstall’s Fallacy alive and well in The Guardian

Worstall’s Fallacy is to demand what must be done without taking account of what is already done. A typical example would be to insist that much more must be done for the poor - which could be true, of course it could - while not including, in the calculation of how big and urgent the problem is, what is already done for the poor. A more concrete example would be tha...

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Housing the homeless in the sunshine

It’s a thought experiment to consider whether UK homeless and destitute people could be sent, voluntarily, to a Caribbean island to live in purpose-built accommodation with medical facilities on hand.

Of course, it raises big practical, legal, ethical, and historical questions.

In a purely logistical sense it could technically b...

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