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Another #COVID19 treatment unavailable in NZ because of @minhealthnz paper shuffling
30 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand
Swiss Voters Reject So-Called “Responsible Business Initiative”
30 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
Swiss voters rejected a ballot question called the Responsible Business Initiative that would have instituted legal liabilities and allowed torts against domestic companies that are accused of international human rights abuses and climate damage. If this had passed, environmentalists and other left-wing groups would have had a field day in terms of litigating Switzerland into outright socialism by destroying Swiss companies via the legal system. Thankfully it was shot down.
Swiss firms narrowly avoid ‘Responsible Business’ liability as vote divides nation
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, November 29, 2020
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss firms narrowly avoided facing greater liability for human rights and environmental abuses on Sunday after a national vote rejected the proposal due to regional differences despite it winning majority popular support.
In a divisive referendum, 50.7% of Swiss voters supported proposals by the Responsible Business Initiative (RBI) to extend liability over international human rights abuses and environmental harm caused…
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Bloody Sunday – Escalation in the Irish War of Independence I THE GREAT WAR 1920
30 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Ireland, World War I
AUSTRALIAN CRAWL Shut Down Countdown Appearance 27/6/82
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in Music, television
Winter is here? The Germans can see Moscow – WW2 – 118 – November 28, 1941
29 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Disaster Normalization Literature Review: Continued
29 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
Earlier this year a paper of mine was published that review more than 50 studies that employ “normalization” methodologies to assess disaster losses over time.
Pielke, R. (2020). Economic ‘normalisation’ of disaster losses 1998–2020: a literature review and assessment. Environmental Hazards, 1-19.
Here I will continue to track literature that has been published since my review was completed.
Sajjad, M., & Chan, J. C. (2020). Tropical Cyclone Impacts on Cities: A Case of Hong Kong. Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, 172.
“It is important to note that through there is a significant increase in the TC-related non-normalized damages (95% confidence), this trend becomes insignificant after normalizing the damages with the corresponding years GDP. This finding is in line with the existing literature . . .”
Book Review: “Prince Arthur: The Tudor King Who Never Was” by Sean Cunningham
29 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
A new dynasty is born out of war and bloodshed. Hope is restored to the land as the remains of the Houses of York and Lancaster are united when Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York. It was not until the birth of their eldest child and heir, Prince Arthur, that the union was truly complete. Arthur was the hope for the nation, but when he tragically died shortly after marrying Catherine of Aragon, he was replaced by his younger brother who would become King Henry VIII. Arthur’s life was indeed very short, but his legacy and untimely death altered the course of history forever. Arthur tends to be a footnote in history, between Henry VII’s and Henry VIII’s reigns, but what was this young prince like? Why did his death leave such a large hole in the plans for the future of the Tudor dynasty? What was his relationship like…
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David Card: The Economics of Immigration
29 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic history, income redistribution, international economic law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: economics of immigration
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