(I believe you pronounce his surname Si-, to rhyme with sky, and -eed; Edward Si-eed.) Orientalism created a big splash when it was published way back in 1978, nearly 50 years ago. It opened doorways into radical new ways of thinking about imperialist history and culture. It has gone on to be translated into more […]
Orientalism by Edward Said (1978) part 1
Orientalism by Edward Said (1978) part 1
09 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
Union Busted
09 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in labour economics, unions Tags: union power
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) just filed for bankruptcy because it lost a case with a port operator in Portland. The back story is amazing. The ILWU is one of the most powerful unions in the United States. Since bloody riots in 1934 it has controlled all 29 seaports on the west coast of the […]
Union Busted
Was the B29-Superfortress a failure?
09 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
The B-29: America’s Flying Superfortress
09 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
How on Earth Did Winston Churchill Lose the Election Directly Following …
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: British economic history, World War II
Law School is No Picnic: Environmental Law Society Pulls References to a Picnic as Offensive
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
We have been following the gradual elimination of common terms deemed offensive or microaggressive. The latest is the word “picnic.” After the University of Nevada Las Vegas law school’s Environmental Law Society announced a picnic, it was renamed “Lunch by the Lake” due to “diversity and inclusion” concerns. The ELS was able to avoid a […]
Law School is No Picnic: Environmental Law Society Pulls References to a Picnic as Offensive
David Friedman on his Intellectual Legacy
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in David Friedman, history of economic thought, law and economics
Chris Packham issues legal challenge against Rishi Sunak
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Climate lawfare by carbophobes again. ‘The ball is in your court, Prime Minister’. At the same time the Scottish Nationalists have reported the PM to the police over comments in his conference speech. – – – Chris Packham has sent a legal challenge to the Prime Minister over his decision to delay the phase-out of […]
Chris Packham issues legal challenge against Rishi Sunak
Lunacy Unplugged: Renewable Energy Debacle Proves Clowns Are Clearly In Charge
08 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
When disaster threatens the rational retreat, but the clown soldiers on and even doubles down, accelerating the race to oblivion. Facts are treated with contempt; reality with derision. So it is with the grand wind and solar transition. It’s a disease of the mind that allows for the belief that a first world economy can […]
Lunacy Unplugged: Renewable Energy Debacle Proves Clowns Are Clearly In Charge
Deprogramming “Deplorables”: Clinton Raises Need for “Formal Deprogramming” of Trump Supporters
07 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has caused another stir by suggesting that the millions of Trump supporters may require a “formal deprogramming” in a CNN interview. It was a moment clearly enjoyed by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, who previously suggested that the FBI should have stopped Trump from making certain campaign statements. Even former FBI […]
Deprogramming “Deplorables”: Clinton Raises Need for “Formal Deprogramming” of Trump Supporters
Group of “science-savvy” UK liberals urge denial of the sex binary
07 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
This is an object lesson not only in the pollution of science by ideology, but also in how to make a fool of yourself by not learning about other areas of science before you pronounce on them. A reader affiliated with a UK earth-sciences department sent me a letter circulated around that department, but it’s […]
Group of “science-savvy” UK liberals urge denial of the sex binary
Quotation of the Day…
07 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, history of economic thought, industrial organisation Tags: competition and monopoly, competition law
Tweet… is from page 5 of Gabriel Kolko’s 1963 book, The Triumph of Conservatism: Contrary to the consensus of historians, it was not the existence of monopoly that caused the federal government to intervene in the economy [in the late 19th and early 20th centuries], but the lack of it. DBx: Market competition is astonishingly…
Quotation of the Day…
Alan Manning – minimum wage
07 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, econometerics, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006 to 2008 (2009)
06 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
“All armies get it wrong at the beginning; the question is who adapts fastest.” (British military historian Michael Howard quoted by Elliot Cohen, page 100) ‘All Americans make promises but nothing ever happens.’ Iraqi housewife complaining why there was still sewage in the street outside her house 5 years after the Americans invaded and promised […]
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006 to 2008 (2009)
The Title of Tsar. Part II.
06 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
The significance of the title of Emperor in Western Europe. From the time of Roman Emperor Constantine I (r. 306–337), the Roman Emperors had, with very few exceptions, taken on a role as promoters and defenders of Christianity. The reign of Constantine established a precedent for the position of the Christian Emperor in the Church. Emperors […]
The Title of Tsar. Part II.
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