So why didn't the regulators, shipbuilders or operators make the obvious connection between lifeboat capacity and the total complement of passengers and crew?

WSJ: The Real Reason for the Tragedy of the Titanic

The Wales Office tells me that the current total is below its "staff complement" - the number of staff the department is allowed to have.

BBC: Wales Office civil servants survive Whitehall cull

If true, this opens up the possibility that tax havens complement onshore jurisdictions rather than substituting for them, and that the interaction between the two increases total economic activity in the world.

ECONOMIST: The less obvious uses of tax havens