Despite the accumulation of serious and unsolvable problems, the Consumer Welfare Standard survives and continues to be taught to students for reasons unrelated to theoretical consistency and empirical confirmation.
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The Consumer Welfare Standard is severely limited or defective, preventing it from being an appropriate standard for modern antitrust.
More than 100 economists and tax experts have published an open letter calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to reconsider the Stage 3 tax cuts for high income earners, labelling the tax cuts as economically unaffordable and unfair. The open letter appears as a full-page advert in the SMH & The Age today. High profile
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LibrePlanet Committee Member and assistant GUIisance shares why it's fun and rewarding to participate in the annual LibrePlanet conference.
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Entretien avec Gilles Yabi, directeur exécutif du Think Tank ouest-africain WATHI, sur la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique
Gilles Yabi est le fondateur et directeur exécutif de WATHI. Il oriente et supervise les activités du think tank dont l'équipe permanente est basée à Dakar (Sénégal). WATHI est une plateforme ouverte de production et de dissémination de connaissances et de propositions sur toutes les questions cruciales pour le présent et le futur de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et des autres régions du continent. Gilles Yabi est régulièrement invité à partager ses réflexions sur les questions politiques, économiques, d'éducation et de sécurité avec diverses organisations africaines et internationales. Il a également une longue expérience de l’interaction avec les médias, publie depuis une quinzaine d’années des tribunes sur les questions politiques et économiques africaines. Il anime la chronique hebdomadaire « Ça fait débat avec WATHI » diffusée sur Radio France Internationale (RFI).
Join the 13th Doctor and 10th Doctor on an epic adventure in Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality, and solve a chilling mystery in Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins.
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Further investigations by Iain Campbell reveal key Russian businessmen tied to Parliamentary groups involved in tech and healthcare data
Reportando desde la corte federal donde Estados Unidos está procesando al diplomático venezolano Alex Saab, The Grayzone descubre actos perturbadores de espionaje diplomático. La defensa de Saab insiste que está encarclado por violar el bloqueo económico de Washington. Luego del arresto del diplomático venezolano Alex Saab en junio de 2020, las autoridades de Cabo Verde abrieron comunicaciones oficiales del gobierno de Venezuela destinadas a Irán, incluyendo una carta sellada que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro le envió al Líder Supremo […]
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Now the Conservative Party's reputation for economic competence has cratered, Matthew Gwyther sees businesses getting increasingly politicised
CEPR is one of the very few organizations closely monitoring the harmful impact of economic sanctions.
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Mike Savala’s boots scuffed the edge of a singed patch of forest littered with skinny fingers of burnt ponderosa pine needles. Nearby, an oak seedling sizzled as a yellow-shirted firefighter hit it with a stream of water. Spurts of smoke rose from blackened ground the size of a hockey rink. A 100-foot Ponderosa pine towered overhead. “Third response today,” said Savala, shaking his head. This hillside in my own backyard in California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains hadn’t seen lightning for months and yet it had still burst into flames. All summer long, it had baked in heat that extended into an unseasonably hot autumn. Now, in late October, it was charred by a fire of mysterious origin. A spark from... Read more
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As noted last month, the Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London and other units there are facing drastic cuts. The department’s graduate (post-graduate, or PGR) students have now written a letter to the administration objecting to the cuts. Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, chair of Philosophy at Birkbeck, explained the severity of the cuts: The worst-case scenario savings targets that have been shared by senior management would involve a faculty reduction of up to 6 FTE in Philosophy. Since not all colleagues are at 1 FTE, this would likely involve a headcount reduction of greater than 6, and potentially 50% of the Department. We are currently working with senior management to, among other things, query the model used to arrive at this savings target, and to impress on them exactly how damaging such a reduction would be for the Department. Most importantly, it would seriously compromise our important and unique mission of providing philosophy education to a wide range of students, including through evening and part-time study, and a highly successful conversion program for students without a formal background in philosophy.
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The Underdeck bridge project could be a pioneer of reparative planning. Or it could lead to further displacement in this once-thriving Black neighborhood.
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Several research papers examined the role of information in lending at the 10th annual Community Banking Research Conference.
Preparation time: 15 min.Cooking time: about 1 hr. Luscious caramels make a welcome gift at Yuletide. They can be made a week to 10 days ahead of presentation, as long as they are wrapped airtight and stored for the interim in a cool, dark place. For 64 candies (about 1½ lbs.) you will need: 2 […]
Get ready for The Best Christmas Ever with a trio of festive tales set in the world of Doctor Who Candy Jar Books have announced a brand new collection of festive short stories in Doctor Who spin-off series The Lucy Wilson Mysteries. Arriving just in time for Santa to leave under the tree, The Best […]
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A good friend made a Facebook post saying “Sadly it turns out that the latest AI photo app y’awl using to look hot and sexy is built off the back of a training set full of work stolen from artists without payment. How disappointing. We sorted this shit years ago with Creative Commons licensing. It’s […]
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Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, The Grayzone learns of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab’s advocates insist he is imprisoned for violating Washington’s economic blockade. Authorities in Cape Verde, opened official government communications which Venezuela intended for Iran, including a sealed letter sent by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following the arrest of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in June of 2020. The revelations came […]
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MP Stuart Robert has ducked questions regarding possible dodgy dealings with an offshore business, adding another blemish to his chequered political career. read now...