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The pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, is using Semafor to brag about its generosity abroad as it hikes U.S. drug prices.
The Conservatives are gearing up for a ‘Big Bang 2’ deregulation of the City. At what cost?
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African leaders are asking for more U.S. counterterrorism support. They should be careful what they wish for.
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The Economic Policy Institute details how "abortion restrictions constitute an additional piece in a sustained project of economic subjugation."
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A new report has identified how high-powered Russian individuals in Government and business are responsible for human rights violations, Byline Times reports
Is the press unduly excited about the start of China's expected demographic decline?
One of the controversial government Bills of 2022 concerned Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing. Its promoter—then Home Secretary Priti Patel—was keen to respond to Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters with culture war rhetoric and restrictions on ‘noisy’ protest. Late in the Bill’s passage, towards the end of its stages in the unelected second […]
Higher unemployment risk and fewer outside job offers appear to be key reasons why some men end up at the bottom of the lifetime earnings distribution for male workers.
Virologists close to the NIH initially believed the Covid virus could be genetically engineered. Unredacted emails show how their thinking evolved.
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How has the 2022-23 philosophy job market looked so far? In the following guest post, Charles Lassiter (Gonzaga) takes a look at the data, sharing information about trends in the number and types of jobs on offer, and about which areas of specialization are most sought after by hiring institutions. (A version of this post previously appeared, in two parts, at Professor Lassiter’s blog.) The 2022-23 Philosophy Job Market So Far by Charles Lassiter Hey friends. We’re going to take a look here at the primary cycle (July 1 – December 30). This is when most job posting happens. Here’s a look at postings across all job types: Remember 2020? Oof da that was a rough year. Anyway, we’re trending a bit higher than usual on junior posts relative to previous years. In fact, the trend for junior posts over the last seven years has been more jobs. Open rank, postdoc, and senior posts are down slightly but still within a normalish range historically. Visiting fellowships are up slightly, but still within a normal range.
Examples of Google becoming more obvious about manipulating search results.
Southampton is, in a very mundane way, a bit of a secret city. Not for the 250,000 people who live there, or the over a million people who live in the conurbation it shares with Portsmouth, which is one of the largest urban areas in Britain: but for everyone else. No films, no novels, no […]
Gerardo Martinez In 1936, John Maynard Keynes coined the famous term ‘Animal Spirits’ to illustrate how people take decisions based on urges, overlooking the benefits and drawbacks of their actions. To what extent are prices of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) assets driven by the sentiment of market participants, as opposed to economic fundamentals? To … Continue reading Animal spirits and environmental, social and governance asset prices: does market sentiment drive stock returns?
I love drawing horny art for a living. But making adult content is risky in America.
Australian soul supremo Renee Geyer, who led the tumultuous life of a true rock star, has died at the age of 69 from surgical complications and inoperable lung cancer. read now...Some of the most incendiary accusations made against Iran’s government by corporate media, celebrity influencers and Western leaders in the past months are little more than fabrications. And most remain uncorrected. Protests in Iran that ostensibly began as a reaction to the death of a woman in police custody in September 2022 have prompted unprecedented international opposition to its government, not only from the usual Western, Israeli and Saudi suspects, but from celebrity social media influencers with no previous record […]
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Middle income countries are unwilling to put groaf on hold to blunt climate change...and they do have a point given the lack of serious plans
Temporary entrants and new migrants will struggle to survive if the weakened job market predicted by Treasury in 2023-24 plays out alongside the expected surge in net migration. read now...‘Not enough in the tank’ as popular PM says 7 Feb will be her last day in office Jacinda Ardern has dramatically announced her resignation as New Zealand PM. In a press conference, the popular Labour premier said that she did not have ‘enough in the tank’ to continue and that those who would look […]