Of course, what we need now is more deregulation....

In a true libertarian world who would need a property register: after all, you could defend your property with your gun, surely?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081203/tod-towering-fraud-newspaper-steals-empi-f62056d.html

You see, if these things are regulated, all these interesting business opportunities will be lost, and then what would the entrepreneurs do?

Health service and drug costs

Again, thanks to Posh Stephen for this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/health/03nice.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

An interesting essay on the mechanism and effect of NICE. All those interested in health care and concomitant drug costs should read this, especially those who have questioned where the UK's 'drug-rationing' is falling over, and how it compares with the US and Canadian systems.