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2 months ago |
quillette.com | Oliver Kamm
A liberal society depends on its procedures as well as its institutions. Foremost among these is the error-correction mechanism of scientific method and critical inquiry. In his important book The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan Rauch identifies current threats to the pursuit of reliable knowledge.
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2 months ago |
thetimes.com | Oliver Kamm
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Nov 19, 2024 |
thetimes.com | Oliver Kamm
‘Everybody knows you’re not supposed to put all your eggs in one basket.” This observation was made by Harry Markowitz, a Nobel economics laureate. It very roughly describes his great intellectual contribution to financial theory. By holding a portfolio of assets whose price movements are only imperfectly correlated, investors can reduce risk without sacrificing returns.
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May 3, 2024 |
quillette.com | John Lloyd |Jeffrey Herf |Oliver Kamm |Hira JungKow
It is not uncommon to hear Britain referred to as England in casual conversation, and not without reason—England holds more than 80 percent of the island’s population; London is the seat of government and one of the world’s largest finance centres; the Bank of England is the Bank of Britain (so to speak); the BBC has most of its operations in England; the Royal family’s main home is at London’s Buckingham Palace.
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May 2, 2024 |
quillette.com | Jeffrey Herf |Oliver Kamm |Hira JungKow |Alexander Blum
On the evening of 29 April 2023, demonstrators occupied Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, barricaded themselves inside, and refused to move until Columbia agreed to divest its endowment funds from Israel. published by the Free Press shows a masked person using a hammer to smash the glass in the building’s doors, before using what appears to be a bike lock to secure them. Other masked protesters build a makeshift barricade out of chairs.
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“WASPI campaigners have voiced their frustration at the Government disregarding their case arguing that it should be for Parliament to decide on the issue.” Again, MPs *have* decided, equitably & sensibly: 1950s women have suffered no loss or injustice. https://t.co/hQKA7xrfje
The chief minister of Gibraltar has the patience of Job in explaining the real world to the Brexiters who made this (entirely sensible) negotiated agreement necessary.
British passport holders who do not hold valid Gibraltar residents permits could not, previously, live in Gibraltar all year. That was never the case. Such an analysis would, therefore, be completely flawed.
RT @simon_schama: his usual historical mastery
