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Luis L. Schenoni
Capable states that enforce the rule of law, secure property rights, and provide public goods are prerequisites for development, but where do they originate? Last year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to scholars who argued for the role of colonial institutions. Opportune as the reckoning with colonialism might be, it has diverted our attention […]
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Wiebe Hommes
The debate on the European Court of Human Rights is back – if it ever left in the first place. After a decade-long push to move toward increased subsidiarity, the most recent stage in the debate entails several states signing a letter to the Court complaining that its interpretation doesn’t allow the expulsion of criminal […]
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Işık Biçer
Supply chain management has often been perceived as the practice of having the right product, at the right time, in the right place, to meet market demand without holding excess inventory. Naturally, such a view makes its ultimate objective the perfect matching of supply and demand. If supply exceeds demand, companies face inventory-holding costs. Conversely, […]
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Fabien Paillusson
The Rosetta Stone is a famous stone artefact that was found in Rosetta in 1799 with inscriptions written on it in three different languages: Ancient Egyptian, Demotic and Ancient Greek. Given that Ancient Greek was well understood at the time, it helped deciphering the two other languages, most particularly Ancient Egyptian. Why do I tell […]
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Martin Austin Nesvig
How many witches did the Spanish Inquisition burn in Mexico? My name is Martin Nesvig and my new book The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico discusses witchcraft in Mexico. The answer to the question above is: ZERO. There were no mass witch panics in Mexico. Rather, witchcraft was a kind […]
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Edward Klorman
Compared with [J. S. Bach’s] six sonatas for violin without accompaniment these violoncello solos are light and unpretending. Nevertheless, they are interesting, because they are Bach’s. The first and last (in C major) are little better than exercises for the acquirement of mechanical facility, more suitable to the studio than to the concert-room, for which […]
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Owen Bowden-Jones
After nearly thirty years working as an addiction psychiatrist with people with drug related problems, I have met many young people experiencing often severe challenges including dependence and associated mental health issues. Some are desperate for support to stop using substances, while others want to continue using drugs but reduce their risk of further harm. […]
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Maja Davidović
Since the end of World War II, the vow of ‘Never Again’ has been repeated by state leaders, international organisations, diplomats and activists worldwide. The famous phrase appears on genocide memorials in Rwanda, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina and many others. It is routinely uttered at annual commemoration events such as the Holocaust Remembrance Day. […]
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Luis L. Schenoni
Capable states that enforce the rule of law, secure property rights, and provide public goods are prerequisites for development, but where do they originate? Last year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to scholars who argued for the role of colonial institutions. Opportune as the reckoning with colonialism might be, it has diverted our attention […]
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Wiebe Hommes
The debate on the European Court of Human Rights is back – if it ever left in the first place. After a decade-long push to move toward increased subsidiarity, the most recent stage in the debate entails several states signing a letter to the Court complaining that its interpretation doesn’t allow the expulsion of criminal […]
Read More
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Işık Biçer
Supply chain management has often been perceived as the practice of having the right product, at the right time, in the right place, to meet market demand without holding excess inventory. Naturally, such a view makes its ultimate objective the perfect matching of supply and demand. If supply exceeds demand, companies face inventory-holding costs. Conversely, […]
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Fabien Paillusson
The Rosetta Stone is a famous stone artefact that was found in Rosetta in 1799 with inscriptions written on it in three different languages: Ancient Egyptian, Demotic and Ancient Greek. Given that Ancient Greek was well understood at the time, it helped deciphering the two other languages, most particularly Ancient Egyptian. Why do I tell […]
Read More
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Martin Austin Nesvig
How many witches did the Spanish Inquisition burn in Mexico? My name is Martin Nesvig and my new book The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico discusses witchcraft in Mexico. The answer to the question above is: ZERO. There were no mass witch panics in Mexico. Rather, witchcraft was a kind […]
Read More
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Edward Klorman
Compared with [J. S. Bach’s] six sonatas for violin without accompaniment these violoncello solos are light and unpretending. Nevertheless, they are interesting, because they are Bach’s. The first and last (in C major) are little better than exercises for the acquirement of mechanical facility, more suitable to the studio than to the concert-room, for which […]
Read More
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Owen Bowden-Jones
After nearly thirty years working as an addiction psychiatrist with people with drug related problems, I have met many young people experiencing often severe challenges including dependence and associated mental health issues. Some are desperate for support to stop using substances, while others want to continue using drugs but reduce their risk of further harm. […]
Read More
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Maja Davidović
Since the end of World War II, the vow of ‘Never Again’ has been repeated by state leaders, international organisations, diplomats and activists worldwide. The famous phrase appears on genocide memorials in Rwanda, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina and many others. It is routinely uttered at annual commemoration events such as the Holocaust Remembrance Day. […]
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