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We ought to discuss the social construction of cadavers: Here's why and how

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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Fatima Ehsan, Susan Lamb
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The Political Economy of Drones

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
This paper provides a political economy analysis of the evolution of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or “drones”, in the United States. Focus is placed on the interplay between the political and private economic influences; and their impact on the trajectory of political, economic, and, in this case, military outcomes.
Abigail R. Hall, Christopher J. Coyne
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The Political Economy of Clientelism*

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013
AbstractIn this paper, we argue that the political‐commitment problem provides an explanation for why much income redistribution takes an inefficient form, particularly employment in the public sector. A job is a credible way of redistributing when it provides rents (such as in situations with moral hazard), and employment is optimal ex post. Moreover,
Robinson, James A., Verdier, Thierry
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The Political Economy of Bitcoin

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
The recent proliferation of bitcoin has been a boon for users but might pose problems for governments. Indeed, some governments have already taken steps to ban or discourage the use of bitcoin. In a model with endogenous matching and random consumption preferences, we find multiple monetary equilibria including one in which bitcoin coexists with ...
Joshua R. Hendrickson   +2 more
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THE REVIVAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY*

Australian Economic Papers, 1972
Since the latter decades of the 19th century, orthodox economic theory has made its main business the demonstration that a well-oiled market mechanism will produce the most efficient allocation of scarce resources among competing ends. This preoccupation has in turn dictated a characteristic mode of analysis, in which the economy is conceived in terms ...
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A political political economy

Politics, 1981
E.L. Wheelwright and Ken Buckley (eds). Essays in the Political Economy of Australian Capitalism, Sydney, ANZ Book Co., Vol. I, 1975, pp. 272, Vol.5, 1978, pp. 207, Vol.3, 1978, pp. 210, Vol.4, 1980, pp. 314. Vols. 1–3 $7.95, Vol. 4 $9.95.
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Political economy of happiness

Applied Economics, 2012
Happiness research has been a great success by yielding new and important insights. These results are often used in a technocratic manner: governments should maximize, or at least raise, the subjective well-being of the population measured by the national happiness index.
Bruno S. Frey, Jana Gallus
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