Half of Venezuela’s oil exports were to the US until a few months ago
07 May 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, growth disasters, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Venezuela
Too late now
07 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism
Another Great Escape
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies
The rapid decline in crime despite rising inequality
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in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, law and order
More on The Great Escape
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in economic history, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies
Note for @AOC @SenSanders
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in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: racial discrimination
Gambling for Redemption and Self-fulfilling Debt Crises
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, international economic law, International law, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: banking panics, sovereign debt crises
Alan Dershowitz on Barr’s Testimony and His Book ‘The Mueller Report’
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election
Roof Knocking: Warning Shots In Gaza
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, war against terror
BBC News reporting on rocket attacks marred by inaccuracy and omission
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
On the afternoon of May 4th – some five and a half hours after terrorists in the Gaza Strip had begun launching an intense barrage of rocket attacks against Israeli civilians – the BBC News website published an article headlined “Hostilities flare up as rockets hit Israel from Gaza” and tagged “Gaza border clashes” on its ‘Middle East’ page.
In the hours that followed the article was updated sixteen times. The final version – which will remain on the BBC News website as ‘historical records’ – includes some notable points.
The immediate background to the story was portrayed by the BBC as follows:
“Four Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed on Friday after an attack injured two Israeli soldiers.”
Under the sub-heading “What triggered the latest unrest?” readers were told that:
“The violence began during weekly Friday protests in Gaza against the tight blockade…
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Will @Oxfamnz RT “Hans Rosling: The River of Myths” on The Great Escape from high infant mortality
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Escape
Global Music Industry Revenues | Dynamic Visualization
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, Music, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction
Peace activists are silent today as they were overnight
06 May 2019 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, war against terror
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