Guards! Make sure the Prince doesn’t leave this room
07 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in economics, movies Tags: Monty Python
Is a basic income a good idea? IEA
06 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: UBI, universal basic income
Using whiteboards to teach externalities
06 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
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In my teaching I am very keen on using whiteboards so that students can get used to drawing graphs and also writing essay plans. It makes it very easy for me to go around the classroom to check on their accuracy and I have to say that the students enjoy the whiteboards even if it does lead to a little doodling. The boards are just over A3 size and are perfect to draw some of the more complex graphs in NCEA and CIE economics. Below are some externality graphs by A2 student Jonathan Ta.
The Greens on immigration: taking the low road
06 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
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Earlier this week various media outlets were carrying reports of a new speech on immigration from Green Party co-leader James Shaw. In both Stuff and the Herald, articles were headed “Green Party apologises for anti-immigration pandering. To be fair to Shaw, that wasn’t quite what he said.
A year or so ago, the Greens came out with a new policy on immigration. The aim was to produce annual population growth of around 1 per cent, and they would adjust immigration policy settings (in light of changes in rates of natural increase or of the comings and goings of New Zealanders) to meet such a target. At the time they talked a lot about the pressure points that really big net migration inflows caused. Shaw told Radio New Zealand
“We know that immigration is becoming more of a concern for people and in my experience the…
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How much to give up ICT for 3 months?
06 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: The Great Enrichment
Justice Kennedy and How Success Is Just Showing Up . . . And Knowing When To Leave
06 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
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There are various reports confirming that Justice Anthony Kennedy has told staff that he is seriously thinking of resigning and has notably not selected clerks for the October 2018 term. That raises some intriguing issues, including how such a vacancy would play in the midterm elections when there are 33 seats up for grabs in the United States Senate. The vacancy could be used to rally conservatives and liberals alike. As for Kennedy, it could be the difference between a lasting and short-lived legacy.
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign: A case study in the correlation between anti-Zionism and antisemitism
06 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
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Written by Aron White
Questions regarding the relationship between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism have been the subject of much discussion. Both Natan Sharansky and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks have put forward convincing arguments that much of anti-Zionism is in fact anti-Semitic, with people such as Peter Beinart arguing the opposite. A new report now provides persuasive evidence that many anti-Zionist circles in the UK are rife with anti-Semitism.
The 79 page report by David Collier takes a very concrete approach. Rather than asking whether opposing a Jewish state or supporting BDS is inherently anti-Semitic, he asks a more practical question; are the people who espouse these views also espousing ideas that are classic anti-Semitism? Do the people who support BDS and oppose the existence of the state of Israel also believe things that are classic anti-Semitism – Holocaust denial, belief in a global Jewish cabal, and blaming of ISIS and 9/11 on…
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