Seeking to explain the relative rise of perceived "conservative news" and the deterioration of the perceived "liberal media," we presume that ours is a simple economic case of what happens when monopolistic power is lost. Polarization is exuberated, though there is increased democratic...

The Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111-31), signed into law on June 22, 2009, will require graphic images of the negative impact of smoking to be placed on all cigarette packages and advertisements in the United States (U.S.). The policy evaluation tries to answer two main questions: “Why is...

This article explores whether a relationship exists between the skill shortages that a market faces, and the wages in the market, using both pseudo panel and individual wage equations over the period 2004-2014. Both sets of results suggest that workers in markets with higher levels of skill...

This article identifies the alternative employment modes of older workers in the European Union. Against a background of changing levels of labour force participation and declining employment opportunities the paper describes and discusses the relative significance for older workers of...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has generated a new discourse of political risks, which has emerged at the same time as rising geopolitical contest between the United States and China. While some risks, such as claimed “debt traps” appear to date, at least, to be lacking evidence,...

The development of consumer protection in Saudi Arabia is of interest for a number of reasons. First, Saudi Arabia presents a unique combination of size, stage of development of the economy and wealth, coupled with strictness of Islamic observance. Second, consumer protection in the Saudi...