1966 The Complete Batman Guest star window cameos (14) on the batclimb
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The State Opening of Parliament: When dissident acts become established acts
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Today, the new Parliament will be officially opened. In his guest blog Steven Franklin (Royal Holloway, University of London) discusses the origins and development of the pageantry involved…
In 1863 Queen Victoria refused to open parliament, citing her ‘total inability…to perform these functions of her high position which are accompanied by state ceremonials, and which necessitate the appearance in full dress in public’. Fortunately, the only comparison that can be made with today’s State Opening was the absence of the Imperial Crown and its associated regalia – the ‘full dress’ to which Victoria referred. Today’s ‘dressed down’ ceremony will lack much of the grandeur of previous state openings, a result of the snap election. This is the first time in 43 years that the normal ceremonial programme will be altered, the last, ironically, also a result of an unexpected general election. For, as wonderful as it is to witness…
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#Greenbaublesofoffice will @NZGreens be as smug when defending @WinstonPeters after the election?
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Is President Trump Immune From An Obstruction of Justice Charge?
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In the coming weeks, I will be addressing a number of novel constitutional issues that are being raised in relation to the Russian investigation. The first such issue has been widely discussed: is there a constitutional barrier to any federal charge against President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice.
Here is my recent column in USA Today:
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Survival of Monarchies: England
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often mistakenly called the Kingdom of England) is the most well known monarchy in the world today. However, at one point, the monarch was not the figure head they are today; they actually held considerable power. How it survived its transition from a powerful monarch to figurehead will be examined in this section.
England is also one of those countries where the monarch has never held absolute power in the strictest sense. Although
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The Old Deluder Satan Act: Literacy, Religion, and Prosperity
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So, my brother (Keith Kallmes, graduate of the University of Minnesota in economics and history) and I have decided to start podcasting some of our ideas. The topics we hope to discuss range from ancient coinage to modern medical ethics, but with a general background of economic history. I have posted here our first episode, the Old Deluder Satan Act. This early American legislation, passed by the Massachusetts Bay Colonists, displays some of the key values that we posit as causes of New England’s principal role in the Industrial Revolution. The episode:
We hope you enjoy this 20-minute discussion of the history of literacy, religion, and prosperity, and we are also happy to get feedback, episode suggestions, and further discussion in the comments below. Lastly, we have included links to some of the sources cited in the podcast.
Sources:
The Legacy of Literacy: Continuity and Contradictions in Western…
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Non-Work at Work, Unemployment and Labor Productivity
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| By: | Burda, Michael C ; Genadek, Katie R. ; Hamermesh, Daniel S. |
| We use the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) 2003-2012 to estimate time spent in non-work on the job. Non-work is substantial and varies positively with local unemployment. Time spent in non-work conditional on any positive amount rises, while the fraction of workers reporting positive values declines with unemployment. Both effects are economically important, and are consistent with a model in which heterogeneous workers are paid efficiency wages. That model correctly predicts the relationship between the incidence of non-work and unemployment benefits in state data linked to the ATUS, and is consistent with estimated occupational differences in non-work incidence and intensity, as well as the cyclical behavior of aggregate labor productivity. | |
| Keywords: | efficiency wages; labor productivity; non-work; time use |
| JEL: | E24 J22 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12087&r=ltv |
Common Economics proofs techniques: Unlearning Economics edition…
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Unlearning Economics lists several proof (or proofing ) techniques by economists. Another ouch moment for economics students:
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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