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Public Spending: Picking up the Pieces Post COVID

The response to the COVID-19 crisis puts the spotlight on public spending and the role of the state in advanced countries: How much should governments spend – is there an “optimal” level of...

Ludger Schuknecht | 30 Oct 2020

Understanding Bias in Intelligence, Academic and Cognitive Tests

Standardized tests are one of those topics that many people have an opinion about, despite most people being uninformed. Memories of filling in bubble sheets during childhood or anxiety about college...

Russell T. Warne | 29 Oct 2020

Paper in Medieval England: from Pulp to Fictions

When I started to dream up my book Paper in Medieval England: from Pulp to Fictions, I wanted to find out why medieval people were interested in paper and how paper became a success story in pre-modern...

Orietta Da Rold | 28 Oct 2020

Irish, American diplomacy in the 1930s

Conducting diplomacy in times of crisis has always been fraught. At the centre of practising diplomacy is making and keeping contacts and obtaining information and intelligence. The methods to achieve...

Bernadette Whelan | 27 Oct 2020

The 1836 Election and the modern fight for the SCOTUS

The emergence of a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court just a few weeks before the general election, and the hasty efforts to fill that seat with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, has made constitutional interpretation...

Simon J. Gilhooley | 27 Oct 2020

Memory and the English Reformation

On my first outing in July into the centre of York after the lockdown I took my brother, whom I had not seen since Christmas last year, to admire the stained-glass windows in the Minster. Like everything...

Brian Cummings, Alexandra Walsham, Bronwyn Wallace, Ceri Law | 22 Oct 2020

The Business of Disability Inclusion and Ableism at Work

Ask yourself, do you believe persons with a disability have a right to work? If yes, what kind of work? At this point a lot of people will say it depends upon their abilities. If only that was true. 37.9%...

Paul David Harpur | 22 Oct 2020

“What the World Needs Now” — More Than Ever: Thriving with Social Purpose

A pandemic fueled by wishful thinking and irresponsible choices.  Racial injustice exacerbated by self-serving motives that inhibit empathy and compassion.  Catastrophic climate changes accelerated...

Martin E. Ford, Peyton R. Smith | 22 Oct 2020

Race and the 2020 Elections

As we enter the final weeks before the U.S. elections, the stakes could not be higher. Against the backdrop of a surging pandemic, the country continues to experience record unemployment, small-business...

21 Oct 2020

Why do we need a second edition? An Author’s Explanation

Richard M. Martin, author of Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods’, Second Edition, (2020) gives his personal reasons for updating the original edition (2004) Why would anyone...

Richard M. Martin | 21 Oct 2020

Engage your students when teaching online

As we head into a new academic year with many institutions relying on online course delivery, instructors are confronted with the need to find new ways to engage their students. We’ve rounded up the...

21 Oct 2020

Surviving the War in Syria

• What was your main motivation for writing Surviving the War in Syria? This book grew out of my PhD dissertation. When I started the research, I thought I was going to only going to write...

Justin Schon | 21 Oct 2020