From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ponzi#An_idea_to_trade_IRCs
Ponzi started out as an international arbitrageur in a time of hyperinflation
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in economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, financial economics
Kingdom of Ireland: Part II.
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Part II
Ireland in 1500 had been shaped by the Norman conquest, initiated by Anglo-Norman barons in the 12th century. Ireland was not formally a realm, but rather a lordship; the title was assumed by the English monarch upon coronation. Many of the native Gaelic Irish had been expelled from various parts of the country (mainly the east and southeast) and replaced with English peasants and labourers. The Gaelic Irish were, for the most part, outside English jurisdiction, maintaining their own language, social system, customs and laws. The English referred to them as “His Majesty’s Irish enemies”. In legal terms, they had never been admitted as subjects of the Crown.
The rise of Gaelic influence resulted in the passing in 1366 of the Statutes of Kilkenny, which outlawed many social practices that had been developing apace (e.g. intermarriage, use of the Irish language and Irish dress). By the end of…
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Inside The Billion-Euro Nuclear Reactor That Was Never Switched On
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in energy economics Tags: nuclear energy, pessimism bias
Jordan Peterson: Career vs. motherhood: Are women being lied to? | Big Think
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in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of fertility, gender wage gap, marriage and divorce
Why does wind need battery backup? Why did coal power never have battery backups?
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in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming
Renewables Relief: Brexit Brings End to Britain’s Staggering Wind Power Subsidies
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As Britain begins to untangle itself from the web of subsidies, regulations and mandates set by green-left lunatics in Europe, its rent-seeking wind power outfits must be feeling as anxious as ever. The cost of intermittent and unreliable renewables can no longer be concealed (despite the climate cults’ best efforts) and, with that in mind, its ruling Conservatives are on a mission to return Britain to the days when power was both reliable and cheap.
Britain preparing to scrap EU green energy targets as part of a bonfire of red tape after Brexit
The Telegraph
Steven Swinford
14 April 2017
Britain is preparing to scrap EU green energy targets which will add more than £100 to the average energy bill as part of a bonfire of red tape after Brexit.
The UK is currently committed to getting 15 per cent of all energy from renewable sources such as…
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Always wise to be a good guest
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in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of pandemics
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