How to transform a nation in ten steps

The Georgian recipe for “an amazing transformation”:

  • Low and flat taxes
  • Legislative commitment to reducing the government’s fiscal footprint (IE spend less!)
  • Deregulation and cutting red tape
  • And thereby suppressing corruption
  • Unilateral free trade: no import tariffs or barriers of any kind
  • Very flexible labour legislation
  • No sector or industrial policy of any kind
  • No subsidies, no preferences, no exemptions – no market-distorting practices
  • No currency and capital controls
  • Sound monetary policy with hawkish anti-inflationary stance

See also: Tory conference: Georgia’s Prime Minister makes surprise appearance.

Hat tip to Dr Tim Evans

A practical burden of regulation

The cost of Beth’s GMC registration in 1999: £80.

The cost today of Beth’s GMC registration: £390.

What does Beth get for this? Messed about. What does the taxpayer get? Questionably, more effective regulation of doctors, but they do get to pay: it’s allowable against tax.

An end to Shipmans? Unlikely.