With "hawks" changing Trump's attitude (who previously referred to conflict with Iran as an electoral gimmick), are we seeing a new phase of the...
The US said a 25% tax on steel and 10% tax on aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada will start at midnight. The move immediately triggered vows...
Given Trump is now going for tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, can we now call him anti-business?
Rampage shooting is a relatively underexplored area. However, since the 'more guns=more crime' hypothesis cannot be rejected, its an area...
Stilton Cheese Rolling Cancelled As No Longer Seen As Cool I blame Corbyn. Youngsters like him after all.Too obsessed with jam, he's allowed the...
Apparently not... Baumann and Teasdale (2018, Severe mental illness and firearm access: Is violence really the danger?, International Journal of...
Has America become a laughing stock? [IMG]
Why does the evidence into minimum wages reject right wing understanding of how the economy works?
Traditionally I've found it difficult to get pro-gunners to refer to the available evidence. I was wondering whether you could put that right here...
"Environmentalists also often embrace the ideas of Georgism as it appeals to those who believe the land belongs to all in common any way. Without...
Luca et al. (Handgun waiting periods reduce gun deaths, PNAS) suggests that they do: "Waiting period laws that delay the purchase of firearms by...
Taylor and Li (2015, Do fewer guns lead to less crime? Evidence from Australia, International Review of Law and Economics) report: The 1996...
The academic evidence shows that "more guns=more crime" hypothesis cannot be rejected. The reaction to that evidence also shows that the pro-gun...
So says the sub-forum? Its talking bobbins though isn't it? The debate isn't "hot": more liberal nations have lower abortion rates. This is purely...
Here you go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HMhWB95ldQ
Economics is a rather vibrant subject area, despite The Economist sometimes rattling on and thereby suggesting otherwise. So what school of...
Consider the article Lanza (2014, The Effect of Firearm Restrictions on Gun-Related Homicides Across US States, Applied Economic Letters). Here's...
"But believing that offshore outsourcing causes unemployment is the economic equivalent that the sun revolves around the earth: intuitively...
People will make the basic error that a binding minimum wage must necessarily create unemployment. Orthodox and heterodox economics are in...
Britain has consensus politics and, except for some minor nationalist spits at a localised level, voting doesn't matter much. Who here agrees with...
SNP, BNP, Plaid something and another? I'd go for the SNP myself. They herd the most
Economics includes a plethora of schools of thought, god bless it! But what do the right wingers amongst us support? Orthodox economics, austrian...
There has been further rumblings here about introducing taxes on perceived 'bad foods' that are perceived to be behind obesity: the latest being...
In economic terms, conservatism will refer to a social welfare function where losses are weighted higher than gains. From that I have a two-fold...
We've never had, nor can have, free markets in capitalism. So why is the term used? Two possibilities: (1) Perfect competition: Its a hangover...
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