Eliot Ness: The Untouchable Lawman
10 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics
Ten things to know about the next Accession and Coronation
09 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
Last month Robert Hazell and Bob Morris published two reports about the next Accession and Coronation, which were discussed in a previous blog. Along the way they gathered a lot of extra information, which has now been published on the Monarchy pages of the Constitution Unit website. The following represents a selection of the most frequently asked questions.
1. Will Prince Charles become King Charles III?
Not necessarily. He is free to choose his own regnal title. King Edward VII chose Edward as his regnal title, although hitherto he had been known by his first name of Albert. King Edward VIII also chose Edward as his regnal title, although he was known to his family and friends as David. Prince Charles’s Christian names are Charles Philip Arthur George. Instead of becoming King Charles he might choose to become King George VII, or King Philip, or King Arthur, although Clarence…
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Demise of the Crown: what happens next?
09 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
Queen Elizabeth II sadly died yesterday, bringing to a close the longest reign in British history. Robert Hazell and Bob Morris offer a brief guide to what happens next, as King Charles III prepares for both the funeral of his predecessor and his own coronation. They also explore how the new king will have to adapt to his changed constitutional status.
At the age of 96 and after a record-breaking reign of 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II has died. A life of service to which she committed herself as a young woman has ended:
I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
But I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me, as I now…
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Russia’s Gas Gamble: Four Risks Putin Faces with the Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Closure
09 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in defence economics, energy economics, war and peace Tags: Ukraine
Speaking of pseudoscience
09 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: philosophy of science
Rodney Brazier: No Way to Pick a PM
08 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
And so the United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister, replacing one who, having besmirched the office, had been forced out. The Conservatives took almost eight weeks to choose Liz Truss. That saga resembled a presidential election, not least in the televised debates that were occasionally as unedifying as they were uninformative, and notoriously in some of the vicious briefings given by unnamed allies of the candidates about their opponents. Not for the first time the British parliamentary system surrendered the choice of premier to a small section of the British electorate. But their preference was not the same as that of Tory MPs, who had consistently voted for Rishi Sunak as their first choice.
It is for the political parties to decide how to elect their leaders. But should the votes of others than MPs be part of their electoral systems? I think not, and I never have…
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Krugman’s Anemic Defense of Bidenomics
08 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
Over the past few months, I’ve written a 7-part series on Bidenomics, reviewing the president’s record on issues such as subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, red tape, and employment. 
Regarding the last item, a big problem is that the share of the population with jobs (measured by either the labor-force participation rate or the employment-population ratio) has not recovered.
It hasn’t recovered to where it was before the pandemic and it hasn’t recovered to where it was before Obama took office.
That’s bad news. Our economy’s output (and our national income) depends on the quantity and quality of both labor and capital.
This does not reflect well on Biden.
But not everyone agrees. Paul Krugman has leapt to the President’s defense. He even claims that American workers are enjoying a “Biden boom.”
President Biden has presided over a huge employment…
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