What your childhood home videos look like when your dad’s a Hollywood special-effects artist
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Jack Hirshleifer: economics in one page
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, health economics, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: gender wage gap, marijuana decrimilization, rent control
What happens when welfare benefits increase?
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in applied price theory, economic history, human capital, labour economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: social insurance
David Levine on the impossibility of predicting the timing of a crisis
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in applied price theory, business cycles, entrepreneurship, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: efficient markets hypothesis
Can Jeremy Corbyn Become PM without a General Election?
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The fixed term parliament act is badly drafted
By Colin Talbot
Everyone expects a Vote of No Confidence (VONC) in the Boris Johnson when Parliament resumes in the autumn. Exactly when remains an issue of some doubt, and whether or not it would pass is anyone’s guess.
That has not stopped rampant speculation and heated debate about what happens if and when the VONC passes.
Prominent in this kerfuffle has been the idea put forward by Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters – especially John McDonnell – that Corbyn could simply take over. He has famously said he would “send Jeremy to Palace in a taxi and tell the Queen that we are taking over.” How credible is this?
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Why Can’t Adults Learn Languages Like Children?
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in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages
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