USA enters WW2 in 1940?! – WW2 – 060 – October 19, 1940
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
The dangers of wokeness
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in economics of education, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Nanny state to take note
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in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of smoking
This date in History. Death of King John of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine: October 19, 1216.
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I cannot possibly cover the entirety of King John’s reign in this one post, therefore I will cover more personal issues along with issues regarding the succession.
John (December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philippe II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John’s reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine had five sons: William IX, Count of Poitiers, who died before John’s birth; Henry the Young King; Richard…
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A flaw common to many conspiracy theories
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in defence economics, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: 9/11, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, Iraq war
Shame on @greenpeace
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in development economics, economics of information, environmental economics, growth disasters, health economics Tags: regressive left, The Great Escape
On the ethics of the randomisters
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, health economics, Public Choice Tags: The fatal conceit
The woke so quickly eat their own children | @TheSpinoffTV @adam_currie_nz
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in politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, regressive left
Would a “Wealth Tax” Help Combat Inequality? A Debate with Saez, Summers, and Mankiw
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: envy, superstar wages, superstars, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply, top 1%, wealth taxes
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