Stephen Tall

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…

• Forget 50p — scrap the 60p tax rate » Spectator Blogs
  .@JJ_159 on one of the more crazy aspects of our tax system > Forget 50p — scrap the 60p tax rate » Spectator Blogs http://bit.ly/15btElx
• How do you get more tax from the rich? Cut their tax rates. Lessons from Lawson, 25 years on. » Spectator Blogs
  V interesting graph via @frasernelson on share of total income tax liability: top 1% pay more in ’08-09 cf ’78-79 http://bit.ly/15bsWF7
• The curious incident of the books on the Kindle » Spectator Blogs
  Why do we keep buying e-books we’ll prob never read? ‘Cos we can >> The curious incident of the books on the Kindle http://bit.ly/15bqQFa
• Democracy is shooting itself in the foot with this emotional Leveson debate » Spectator Blogs
  Excellent post by @Kirsty_Index > Democracy is shooting itself in the foot with this emotional Leveson debate http://bit.ly/143mFzh
• About those housebuilding stats … | FT data
  The slow death of house-building in England > About those housebuilding stats … | FT data http://on.ft.com/143kTOA
• A fiscal plan that won’t survive contact with our economic enemies, but is worth setting out anyway, for one reason or another. | Hopi Sen
  Apologies @HopiSen for missing your fiscal plan when it appeared (you posted it on Eastleigh Eve). But I mostly agree http://bit.ly/15bmUEi
• New York's soda size limit: Not everything is worth doing | The Economist
  How an illiberal nanny-state starts > “It would be irresponsible not to do everything we can to save lives” http://econ.st/143gkUu
• Damian McBride, Going To The Mattresses: the art of surviving a coup*
  Fascinating. Also q depressing. > Damian McBride: Going To The Mattresses: the art of surviving a coup http://bit.ly/143fnvt
• Greek politics: Golden Dawn's "national awakening" sessions | The Economist
  Worrying > “what makes Greece’s [right-wing] Golden Dawn exceptional is their use  of violence” http://econ.st/143eGSR