Does driving drive the gender wage gap for professional women? @women_nz
26 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, transport economics Tags: College premium, gender wage gap, graduate premium
Why the gender wage gap will never close! @women_nz
26 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice
The History of Toilets
26 Feb 2020 1 Comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics
Lost on the woke
26 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
February 23, 1848: Abdication of Louis Philippe, King of the French
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The 1848 Revolution in France, sometimes known as the February Revolution was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France the revolutionary events ended the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic.
Louis Philippe I (October 6, 1773 – August 26, 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848. As Duke of Chartres he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wars but broke with the Republic over its decision to execute King Louis XVI.
His father was Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his mother was Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince of the Blood, which entitled him the use of the style “Serene Highness”. His mother was an extremely wealthy heiress who was descended from Louis XIV of France through a legitimized line…
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What can BBC audiences expect if the ‘Great Return March’ returns?
25 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
The Jerusalem Post’s Khaled Abu Toameh reports that Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip intend to renew the ‘Great Return March’ rioting (which was suspended in December) next month.
“Maher Muzher, a member of the Commission of the Great March of Return, a group consisting of various Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, said on Saturday that the organizers are planning mass demonstrations near the border with Israel on March 30 to commemorate the second anniversary of the weekly protests, which also coincides with Land Day. […]
Recently, the organizers of the weekly protests decided to change the group’s name to The National Commission for the Great March of Return and Confronting the Deal, reference to US President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled plan for Mideast peace.
Muzher said that work has begun to prepare for the mass demonstrations. “We will continue to work towards mobilizing a large number of people…
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Speaking of fiscal fallacies
25 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in business cycles, econometerics, economic history, fiscal policy, macroeconomics
Fama on a fiscal stimulus
25 Feb 2020 1 Comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: fiscal policy
Why the Luftwaffe failed in World War 2
25 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
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