Purpose: To assess the predictive validity of Lott and Varney's (2022) ordinary least squares (OLS) multiple regression (MRA) causal model of the effect of immigrant population numbers, as a proportion of the total population, on the homicide victim rate for 31 European countries.Methods: The...

Eight years after the onset of the "Great Recession," the eurozone is deeply split between "Northern" EMU economies that seem to be doing reasonably well and "Southern" countries that continue to struggle with socioeconomic catastrophe. This paper argues that the continuing malaise is a...