What have the Romans ever done for us?
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: economics of colonialism, Roman empire
The Last Tsar of Russia – Nicholas II
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
The Gaza related protest the BBC ignored
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Since the BBC began reporting on the ‘Great Return March’ violent rioting over seven months ago, BBC audiences have seen the grand total of one minute and twenty seconds of coverage reflecting the point of view of residents of the Israeli communities close to the Gaza Strip-Israel border who are affected by the violence.
A two and a half minute BBC News video on a story ignored for three months
That July 12th interview with one kibbutz spokesperson related solely to the subject of the arson attacks perpetrated by the Gaza Strip rioters and did not address additional issues such as the severe air pollution caused by months of tyre burning along the border or the rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli civilian communities.
Rocket and mortar attacks have of course not been limited to the past seven months: they commenced in 2001 and their numbers rose following Israel’s disengagement…
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Matt Ridley Calls Out Environmentalists For Falsely Linking Fracking To Earthquakes
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Toward the end of October, scientist and author Matt Ridley called out opponents of fracking for falsely claiming that fracking was causing earthquakes in Lancshire, Great Britain. Ridley stated in an op-ed in The Times of London:
Last Saturday, BBC Radio 4 ran throughout the day with headline news about the shale-gas company Cuadrilla causing “micro-earthquakes” in Lancashire, as if the ground was trembling. It wasn’t. The tremors from fracturing gas-soaked shale rock more than a mile below the surface, picked up by ultrasensitive sensors, were far too weak to be felt at the surface. They were never going to threaten the integrity of the steel and concrete casing of the gas well itself, as some activists have since claimed.
The vibrations were tens of thousands of times less powerful than the kind of tiny earthquake that, according to the official Richter scale, “almost never cause damage”. They were…
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7 Reasons Ben Shapiro Is So Dominant In Debates
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in economics of media and culture, politics - USA
Craziest Police Chases
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in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: law and order, road safety
#OTD The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 @JeremyCorbyn @SenSanders
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in defence economics, economic history, International law, Marxist economics, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: fall of the Berlin wall
Revolution in Germany – Armistice in Austria I THE GREAT WAR Week 224
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
THE LONGEST DAY by Cornelius Ryan
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(June 6, 1944….D-Day landing at Normandy)
On June 6, 2019 thousands will descend onto the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the allied landing that would eventually bring an end to Nazi domination of Europe during World War II. Since my wife and I plan on traveling to Normandy at that time I felt it was important to read the latest works on the topic. It made sense to me to reread Cornelius Ryan’s THE LONGEST DAY, first published in 1959, a book that has not lost its resonance to this day. As I began to familiarize myself with the history of the events that led up to the invasion, the invasion itself, and its historical ramifications I felt that Ryan’s work was a good place to begin.
Ryan’s work, along with A BRIDGE TO FAR and THE LAST BATTLE are well written accounts of…
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More on Nordhaus on the cost of runaway #globalwarming @jamespeshaw @Oxfam @Greenpeace
09 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmists
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