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What’s in a name … and what isn’t? John Maynard Keynes
5 September 2011 – 18:20 | No Comment

David M. Brinley for The Washington Post
What does it mean to be Keynesian? It was the British economist John Maynard Keynes who declared that when, like today, economic growth grinds to a standstill and businesses …

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The rise and fall of quicksand
23 August 2010 – 22:46 | No Comment
The rise and fall of quicksand

By Daniel Engber

The fourth-graders were unanimous: Quicksand doesn’t scare them, not one bit. If you’re a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., you’ve got more pressing concerns: …

Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass
15 July 2010 – 13:59 | No Comment
Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass

FROM feckless fathers and teenaged mothers to so-called feral kids, the media seems to take a voyeuristic pleasure in documenting the lives of the “underclass”. Whether they are inclined to condemn or …

Special protection orders save nine-year-olds from forced marriages
8 January 2010 – 18:16 | No Comment
Special protection orders save nine-year-olds from forced marriages

Children as young as nine have been rescued from forced marriages under new special protection orders, The Times can disclose.
The nine-year-olds were among 86 females granted the civil safeguards in the 12 months …

Klaus Riskær: Ruller de rigtige hoveder?
22 June 2009 – 17:23 | No Comment
Klaus Riskær: Ruller de rigtige hoveder?

Det er ikke i samfundets interesse, at straffesagen mod Stein Bagger kun var tre dage om at komme igennem domstolssystemet.
Klaus Riskær Pedersen blev i 2008 idømt ubetinget fængsel – syv år i Københavns Byret, siden …