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When is an alternative possibility robust? [PDF]
, 2019 According to some, free will requires alternative possibilities. But not any old alternative possibility will do. Sometimes, being able to bring about an alternative does not bestow any control on an agent.
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Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 329-340, May 2025.ABSTRACT As central banks move to adopt digital currencies (CBDCs), two issues arise: the implications for monetary sovereignty and the potential efficiencies from cross‐border interoperability. The former is particularly a concern for emerging market central banks, while the latter affects all states. Emerging markets have used capital flow management
Yanyang Chu, Nina Srinivasan Rathbun
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The implementation of national labour legislation in England after the Black Death, 1349–1400
The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 529-552, May 2025.Abstract The responses of labour markets to global pandemics are attracting renewed interest, although the English labour laws in response to the Black Death of 1348/9 – capping wages, imposing annual contracts, and restricting mobility – have a long and established scholarship.
Mark Bailey
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A Growing Sin-dustry: The History and Effects of Cigarette Excise Taxation and Regulation in the United States [PDF]
, 2015 Originating with the gabelle taxes of France during the close of the Albigensian Crusades, excise taxes and regulations on consumer products have historically been used by local and federal governments to generate revenue during periods of war. Following
Rheaume, Devin A
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American Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 423-437, April 2025.Abstract With some recent exceptions, demands for global reparations have largely been ignored by former colonial countries. While the past two decades has seen renewed interest in colonial reparations in normative political theory and philosophy, this work has focused on determining responsibility for redress.
Shuk Ying Chan
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You Say Intrastate, I Say Interstate: Why We Should Call the Whole Thing Off [PDF]
, 2018 As society evolves, so do criminals. In the early twentieth century, America embraced the automobile, passed the Volstead Act, and created a national highway program.
Wiktor, Andrew
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Fossil Capital in the Caribbean: The Toxic Role of “Regulatory Havens” in Climate Change
Regulation &Governance, Volume 19, Issue 2, Page 469-481, April 2025.ABSTRACT Secrecy jurisdictions play a crucial role in the legal framework perpetuating climate change. This paper demonstrates how these jurisdictions sustain the dynamics of climate change by enabling capital accumulation rooted in environmental degradation.
Jose Atiles, David Whyte
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The “benign prerogative”: Political theory and executive pardoning
Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 19-33, March 2025.Abstract This article examines pardon to develop a more holistic understanding of prerogative. Executive prerogative, the power to do what is necessary for the public good without the explicit sanction of the law and sometimes against it, is widely seen as an extraordinary power most relevant in times of crisis.
Isabelle Thelen
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Financing America\u27s Roads: The Past Is Prologue [PDF]
, 2005 This article provides a historical perspective of American roadway financing. It explores revenue collection and expenditures at the federal, state, and local governmental levels. Accounting practices of the Highway Trust Fund are discussed including the
Farris, M. Theodore, Gravier, Michael
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The current legislative and administrative issues of the value added tax system in Armenia [PDF]
, 2006 Armen Alaverdyan; Vahe ...
Alaverdyan, Armen, Balayan, Vahe
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