The Invisible Line in the Indian Ocean
03 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture
Greater Poland Uprising – Book Picks – Veteran Care I BEYOND THE GREAT WAR
03 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Churches should be exempt from antidiscrimination laws so they can be seen for what they are and always have been
03 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political correctness
The Ride-Hailing Vehicle Cap
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
by Liya Palagashvili
About two weeks ago, City Council in New York City voted to ban ride-hailing services (Uber, Lyft, Via, Juno) from adding new drivers for a year—with the exception of wheelchair accessible vehicles. The main justification for this cap is that ride-hailing services have been leading to reductions in vehicular speeds and causing road congestion in Manhattan’s busiest areas.
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Climate economics (UG): Climate and development
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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BBC Radio 4 portrayal of the ‘Great Return March’ anniversary – part one
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
Listeners to the BBC’s domestic station Radio 4 had been prepared in advance for what the corporation apparently believed was going to be a major news event on Saturday, March 30th.
The March 29th edition of BBC Radio 4’s flagship news and current affairs programme ‘Today’ included a pre-emptive report (from 1:14:55 here) by Jerusalem correspondent Tom Bateman which utilised the standard framing of the ‘Great Return March’ to which BBC audiences have been exposed for an entire year.
That framing includes:
- Erasing the fact that around 80% of those killed during the violent rioting at the border have been shown to be affiliated with various terror organisations – primarily Hamas.
- Erasing or downplaying the violent nature of the events by failing to provide audiences with a representative view of the number of attacks using firebombs, IEDs, grenades and guns, the number…
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Why Perfectionism Isn’t as Good as You Think
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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Gender pay gap persists even when employers, misogynists bastards all, have no say in who works @women_nz @JulieAnneGenter
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
‘Brace’ yourself for the Guardian’s latest Hamas-friendly coverage of Gaza
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
The word choice by Guardian editors in a headline accompanying a March 29th article – by their Jerusalem correspondent Oliver Holmes – of this weekend’s Gaza border riots is telling:
You typically “brace” for some dangerous incident likely to occur that you’re unable to control, like a hurricane. But, this is more than just a quibble over one word, as the headline accurately reflects the Guardian’s malfeasance in covering the year of weekly riots as if they’re acts of nature, rather than the result of decisions made by Hamas leaders.
Recall that on March 15th, that weekend’s planned demonstrations were cancelled in order restore calm in the aftermath of 12-hours of violence that included two rockets launched at Tel Aviv, demonstrating would what be obvious to any neutral observer: that Hamas exercises near total control of the strip and can turn the violence on and off at will. As…
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This Too Shall Pass: Unassailable Monopolies That Were, in Hindsight, Eminently Assailable
02 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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