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Economy

Renationalising British utilities

There is talk of this with the pending change in PM, but I would not do it. I am quite aware that a) not all of the privatisations went well, and b) American data indicate that state-owned utilities do not seem very economically different than, or less efficient than, privately-owned utilities. Especially for water, where […] The post Renationalising British utilities appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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Culture

Blackpool fact of the day, observations on northern England

Blackpool Central was the world’s busiest station in 1911. It was the station with the most platforms to close in UK in the Beeching cuts of 1964. That is from the recent fun book Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World, by Chris Moss. And I enjoyed this paragraph: I’ve never felt […] The post Blackpool fact of the day, observations on northern England appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to inacaféonspiridonov. reddit comment, or maybe we . by ...

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