Victory for the Red Army! – WW2 – 107 – September 12, 1941
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Cannot enforce a treaty if there was no meeting of minds on what was agreed
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, economic history, International law, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics Tags: constitutional law, contract law
Andrew Sullivan: The genetic underpinnings of IQ means we shouldn’t value it so much, that we should ditch the meritocracy, and that we should become more of a communist society
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Andrew Sullivan has devoted a lot of the last two editions of The Weekly Dish to the genetics of intelligence, perhaps because he’s taken a lot of flak for supposedly touting The Bell Curve and the genetic underpinnings of IQ. Now I haven’t read The Bell Curve, nor the many posts Sullivan’s devoted to the genetics of intelligence (see the long list here), but he’s clearly been on the defensive about his record which, as far as I can see, does emphasize the genetic component to intelligence. But there’s nothing all that wrong with that: a big genetic component of IQ is something that all geneticists save Very Woke Ones accept. But as I haven’t read his posts, I can neither defend nor attack him on his specific conclusions.
I can, however, briefly discuss this week’s post, which is an explication and defense of a new book by…
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Note for the politically correct
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in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics Tags: political correctness, regressive left
Strategy and Arms Control
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in defence economics, International law, politics - USA, Thomas Schelling, war and peace Tags: Cold War
Barry Seal: The American Pilot who Smuggled for Pablo Escobar
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in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: war on drugs
New Rule: Side with Teachers | Real Time with @BillMaher
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in economics of education, television
Irish War of Independence – WW1 Veterans In A New Battle I THE GREAT WAR 1920
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in defence economics, economic history, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Ireland, World War I
Why nations fail? Interview/Profile of Daron Acemoglu
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I recall reading about how Joseph Stiglitz was the most prolific economist with something like 600 papers with CV running in 59 pages. This was was 2008 so it could be in the 65th page as he has written so much since then as well. It was felt no one could Stiglitz on this paper writing activity.
But then as you start thinking that this record will stay comes someone who breaks it in quick time. Take Tennis. Emerson’s Grand Slam record (12 titles) was broken by Sampras (14), Sampras by Federer (16 by now) and Federer’s could be broken by Nadal/Djokovic. Michael Schumaker’s record could be broken by Vettel and may be someone has the courage to challenge T’kar’s record.
In similar vein we have Daron Acemoglu of MIT who could challenge Stiglitz in coming years. He writes papers faster than anyone can think and on variety of topic…
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Interview of Steven Landsburg – The Armchair Economist..
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Nice interview of the Armchair economist.
Why did he write the book?
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Longer probation periods = higher teacher’s pay
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in applied price theory, economics of education, labour economics, labour supply
From BRUNNER, ERIC J., and JENNIFER IMAZEKI. “PROBATION LENGTH AND TEACHER SALARIES: DOES WAITING PAY OFF?” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 64, no. 1 (2010): 164-80. Accessed September 12, 2020.
Is freedom of speech under threat in New Zealand?
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Don Brash was invited to speak at Victoria University by the Shalom Students Association.
In an email from the Freee Speech Colation Jordan Williams says:
Last night Don Brash gave his speech to a handful of people at Victoria University. I say a handful because the University limited those who could be in the room to just ten!
Other events are the University are fine with much larger numbers. But for some reason COVID is much more a concern when it is Don Brash, or when his speech is about free speech…
The Free Speech Coalition thought it deserved a wider audience.
Here it is:
IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER THREAT IN NEW ZEALAND?
On the face of it, that’s a silly question. In New Zealand, freedom of speech is enshrined as one of our fundamental rights in the Bill of Rights Act of 1990. Section 14 of that law…
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