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Time for more economics teaching in schools
During a less than complimentary Twitter exchange yesterday about the qualifications needed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer (with the present incumbent providing the context) I made a serious point… more →
Notes from a Broken Society
Debate Over Guns on College Campuses
wrote 14 hours ago: A growing area of the gun control debate concerns the presence of guns on college campuses. Many col … more →
Professional politicians and political reform. (Matt Wall)
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wrote 1 week ago: A couple of interesting stories in the Irish media today caused me to re-consider the notion that po … more →
UKIP, neoliberalism and the revolt of the moderately entitled
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Much cyber-ink has been spilled following last week’s strong UKIP showing in the English Count … more →
Giulio Andreotti has Died
wrote 2 weeks ago: Giulio Andreotti, one of the most powerful politicians in Italy following the Second World War, has … more →
Time for more economics teaching in schools
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wrote 2 weeks ago: During a less than complimentary Twitter exchange yesterday about the qualifications needed to be Ch … more →
Dutch Royal Coronation
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Dutch people are getting a new monarch. Willem-Alexander is being crowned King of the Netherland … more →
well Hello there!
wrote 3 weeks ago: My name is Bergen D. Bolt and I am an undergraduate of Jacksonville State University in Alabama with … more →
Why prize draws for voting miss the point
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I have a lot of respect for Angela Eagle, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (and, as it happens, … more →
Liz Truss and the privatisation of childhood
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wrote 1 month ago: Junior Education Minister Liz Truss has launched an attack on what she describes as the “purpo … more →
Graduate Student Research Revises Economic Advice
wrote 1 month ago: Graduate student research ideally develops new analysis and criticism by employing new evidence and/ … more →
cold war ghosts in shenkong
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wrote 1 month ago: For those inquiring minds that wonder, what was Shenzhen before it was Shenzhen, the opening scene f … more →
Thatcher: mythologies and legacies
wrote 1 month ago: The past week was inevitable. It was always going to be the case that when Margaret Thatcher died, t … more →
The Danger of Pre-emptive Strikes
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wrote 1 month ago: With tensions already running high on the Korean peninsula, many American policy-makers and advisers … more →
Margaret Thatcher's greatest achievement? One Nation Labour and the politics of fear
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wrote 1 month ago: Notoriously, when asked what was her greatest achievement, Margaret Thatcher answered: “Tony B … more →
The peculiar obsessions of Liam Byrne
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wrote 1 month ago: Once again, the opinions of Labour’s DWP spokesman Liam Byrne are causing controversy – … more →
Rachel Maddow on the Importance of History
wrote 1 month ago: Rachel Maddow recently spoke at Stanford University. According to the Stanford Report, “Asked … more →
Restoration Work at the château de Versailles
wrote 1 month ago: Louis XIV expanded the château de Versailles in the 1680s, creating a grand palace complex that beca … more →
Looking At Democracy
wrote 1 month ago: The Illinois Humanities Council and the MacArthur Foundation are sponsoring a contest for media piec … more →
Why Professors Shouldn't be Armed
wrote 1 month ago: Lucinda Roy, a Virginia Tech professor who met with Seung-Hui Cho prior to his shooting rampage in 2 … more →
