Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Live, The Regal Theatre, Hitchin)
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
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The Bit of East Germany That Might Still Exist
03 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Cuba, East Germany, fall of communism
Austria-Hungary Disintegrates – The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War I THE GREAT WAR Week 223
02 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Why Turkey is invading Syria
02 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, growth disasters, International law, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: Syrian Civil War
Global EV sales in September 2019 drop down 8%
01 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
Chinese electric car [image credit: scmp.com]
Sales of expensive electric vehicles predictably misfire as short-term subsidies inevitably slip. No signs of mass take-up despite endless climate hype.
Global sales are lower than a year ago because China lost incentives, while the U.S. is trying to overcome high Model 3 sales in 2018, reports Inside EVs.
The global plug-in passenger car sales were affected in September by a decrease in sales in China and in the U.S. Only the European market brings significant growth among the three biggest markets.
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Should we codify the royal prerogative?
01 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
The recent controversy about the unlawful attempt to prorogue parliament and the judicial review that followed has given rise to renewed calls for the codification of the royal prerogative or the enactment of a written constitution. Anne Twomey argues that there are benefits to a looser prerogative power, and that experience in other countries has shown that codification should be undertaken with caution.
The recent controversy about the prorogation of parliament and the judicial review of its exercise in Miller No 2 (also known as Cherry/Miller) has again given rise to calls for the codification of the prerogative or the enactment of a written constitution.
A written constitution is not necessarily an antidote for ambiguity or interpretative discretion. The same issues that arose in Miller No 2 could also arise under a written constitution. For example, section 5 of the Australian Constitution confers upon the Governor-General of Australia…
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Only rational expectations macroeconomics can explain self-fulfilling crises
01 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Public Choice Tags: Euroland, rational expectations, sovereign defaults
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