41 days ago by Tim Worstall

Robert Solow was once asked (by a very famous mathematician whose name I have forgotten) whether there was anything in the social sciences that was not obvious or trivial. The answer was not a snappy comeback but when Solow wrote it up later he said, yes, Ricardo on trade. And no, I won't bother to ...

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42 days ago by ShannonElizabeth

With 2012 around the corner, I’ve started contemplating some resolutions for the new year. I’m really not much for new year’s resolutions as I tend to think people set themselves up for failure (not to be the eternal pessimist here). I like the concept, but I’ve decided to do something a bit differe ...

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45 days ago by Michael Bobelian

In my second semester at the University of Michigan Law School [1] in 1996, my Torts professor [2] – who currently works for the White House – asked the class if we had heard of Ronald Coase. My classmate Kelly, who was sitting near the front of a large, rectangular shaped-room adorned with rows of ...

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53 days ago by Josh Jones

A video project I facilitated with the Advice team of two London universities (LSE and UAL). I led a workshop where professional advisers created a …

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55 days ago by Tim Worstall

I'd say that it probably will be, yes, and I've been saying so for some time. Think about it for a moment, we still use the educational techniques of the Early Middle Ages. I first saw this point at Brad DeLong's [1] place. When books are hand written, extremely expensive (as in, more than a year's ...

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56 days ago by Dave Hasney

Since the riots in August 2011 there has been a good deal of comment and research into the causation factors. Some good, some not so good but all worthwhile, especially when it’s not based upon media opinion, knee-jerk reaction or political rhetoric, as is so often the case these days. One piece of ...

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56 days ago by Volubrjotr

“The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.”—George Soros “George Soros is an evil man. He’s anti-God, anti-family, anti-American, and anti-good.” —Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Is it possible to lay the global financial meltdown, the radicalizing of the Democratic Party, and ...

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60 days ago by Grant Gordon

http://www.ifb.org.uk/ The press has recently highlighted criticism of family firms by Professor John van Reenen, of the London School of Economics in a Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) sponsored report on UK Management Practices, who has blamed poor succession choices in some fami ...

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67 days ago by Christian J.

As noted in the previous post, Tom Martin is in the process of taking the London School of Economics to court and the date has been set (A court hearing date has now been set, for February 14th, 2012.) Tom recognised the blatant anti-male hatred generated by "Gender Studies" courses. The "Gender Stu ...

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67 days ago by Christian J.

Anyone alive and breathing, having an IQ larger than a single digit would be well aware of the fact, and it is an obvious fact, that "Woman's Studies" and now changed "Gender Studies" is nothing more than pursuing the same outcome as the Swedish example has already demonstrated, what the feminist ai ...

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