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This year’s Nobel Prize reveals problems in colonialism and economics
According to this year’s winners, Europeans settled in the poorest and least populated places and introduced institutions that contributed to long-term prosperity. Credit: Johan Jarnestad / Nobel Prize Support Activities Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for their seminal work on how institutions shape economic development. Some might say…
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UK Popper study highlights problems with proposed drug policy
Adjusted odds ratios for self-reported popper use by combination of gender and sexual orientation (full sample on the left, subsamples on the right). Source: The British Journal of Criminology (2024). DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azae055 New research into the use of the drug poppers (alkyl nitrites) has revealed contradictions in proposed changes to drug policy in the UK and how exemptions from the…
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