Tom Guyton-Day
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Stories (5/0)
“every one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die".
The famous line, "every one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die" comes from the mouth of Brad Pitt in 'The Big Short', a film based around the true story of a group of investors who short (bet against) the US housing market.
By Tom Guyton-Day4 years ago in Journal
Unpopular Opinion: We need to initiate a new Marshall Plan and increase the budget of DFID
When the Americans initiated the European Recovery Programme, in 1948, the US provided over $15 Billion (a staggering $159 Billion in 2019 prices) to help an impoverished and war torn Europe reconstruct its cities and hold communism at bay.
By Tom Guyton-Day4 years ago in The Swamp
The State Withdraws: The volunteers move in.
We're often told by the left that we require the overwhelming state to provide nearly every public service in society on these fair shores. We simply can not live without the Government - it is impossible and every retreat of that state, in all its mighty glory, will automatically equal yet another child in poverty.
By Tom Guyton-Day4 years ago in The Swamp
We Need to Reform Society.
As a student whose life has primarily been affected by the closure of my university during the lockdown, a relatively minor impact compared with those that have had their livelihoods thrown about like a box of matches coating the floor.
By Tom Guyton-Day4 years ago in Motivation