Roman Engineering: Crash Course History of Science #6
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in economic history Tags: Roman empire
The Search for Planet X / Planet 9 / Nibiru
23 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: space
Barbarossa: Why such high Soviet Losses?
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
John Rawls sort of made a similar point
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in poverty and inequality Tags: pessimism bias, regressive left, social justice, The Great Enrichment
Disciplining Martina: Heretics and the Church of Trans Normativity
22 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
Two main things turned up in my timeline this morning. One was the fall-out of Rachel McKinnon’s egregious and unconcealed bullying of Martina Navratilova, and the other was a Call For Papers from Brighton University that Kathleen tweeted here.
I was already planning on doing this post on Martina when the CFP popped up – because Rachel’s behaviour last night was a pretty copper-bottomed rendition of what trans activist coercion looks like, and I thought it was worth taking a look at it blow by blow. The academic CFP might, at first glance, seem a little tangential to the issue of trans inclusion in sports, but it refracted with Rachel’s behaviour in an interesting way, so, happy or unhappy accident, this is what you get guys…
The CFP sketches out the familiar claim that ‘queerness’ is ‘inclusive’ and ‘fluid’ while ‘gayness’ or ‘homosexuality’ is ‘exclusive’ and ‘oppressive,’ a dichotomy…
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Woody Allen defends himself on 60 Minutes in ’92
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in economics of crime, law and economics, movies, politics - USA
The Left’s War on Science – John Tierney
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in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: Anti-Science left, regressive left
Progress is bad?
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in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: regressive left, top 1%
Robert Bork: Perspectives on Judicial Activism
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law, Robert Bork
Flamethrower Trooper (World War I)
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
When Emotions Make Better Decisions – Antonio Damasio
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in health economics Tags: cognitive psychology
Nice summary
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in economics of media and culture Tags: conspiracy theories
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