NORTHERN vs. SOUTHERN accents | British English Pronunciation
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John Stossel – Politically Correct History
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in defence economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, labour economics, law and economics, unions, war and peace Tags: political psychology, union power, union wage premium, World War I
“The Road to Serfdom” 75th Anniversary
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75 years ago this month, Fredrick Hayek, the Austrian Economist recruited by the London School of Economics, published his manifesto for a free and liberal society: The Road to Serfdom.
The book – or some might say the clarion call to the perils of socialism – was written in the evenings between 1940 and 1943, while Hayek was acting as a war-time Cambridge fire warden.
Hayek and his publishers anticipated modest sales. Indeed, war-time paper rationing allowed it to be printed only in small runs. But the publication soon turned into a popular phenomenon.
On this podcast, the Institute for Economic Affairs’s Associate Director Kate Andrews discusses why The Road to Serfdom became such a huge success, and remains relevant to this day. Ms. Andrews is joined by the IEA’s Research Fellow Professor Philip Booth and the Director of the Adam Smith Institute, Dr Eamonn Butler.
About seven years ago…
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The shape of things to come
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in economics of media and culture Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Ferdinand Magellan: First Around the World (Almost)
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Now which party is supporting a government made up of parties responsible for these hateful remarks? @NZGreens?
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in discrimination, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: free speech, hate speech, political correctness
The bolsheviks lucked into power with a (counterrevolutionary) military coup
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in Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Russian revolution
Follow the money, always follow the money
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in discrimination, economics of religion, gender, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment
How the British failed India and Pakistan says @voxdotcom
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in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, International law, law and economics Tags: India, Pakistan
Strategic commitments deter wars
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in defence economics, Thomas Schelling, war and peace Tags: game theory, strategic commitments
Scalia on abortion and the constitution
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Property is theft
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