May 2006
Medical marijuana | Reefer madness | Economist.com
by 1 otherIF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.
March 2006
Gender pay gap: what's it worth?
Girls may well opt for arts degrees over engineering, but that's not because nobody has told them that engineers earn more than academics - it's because the 'male' professions have fallen out of favour even among men.
February 2006
Cato Unbound: Theodore Dalrymple: Is “Old Europe” Doomed?
I wondered what happened to old Theo after he retired. I think he moved to France which, given his views on Europe, seems a strange choice. Why not Louisianna or Texas?
July 2005
March 2005
Dick Taverne: A little pesticide does you good but 'organic' farming harms the world
Our health is threatened not by chemicals and GM crops but by the eco-fundamentalists and their crusade against intensive agriculture
January 2005
Ignore the vanity of the Bushites, America's might is draining away: Matthew Parris
For many decades America’s share of the world’s economic output has been in decline. America’s modesty in 1945 understated its muscle, Bushite vanity overstates it today.
Greed: The Nuts Game
Three people sit around a kitchen bowl. You, the fourth person, with a timer, start off placing ten small items in the bowl - quarters, dollar bills, or nuts. Tell the three players the goal is for each of them to get as many items as they can. Tell them
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(7 marks)
