Fraud is an ancient crime and one that annually causes hundreds of billions of dollars in losses. We examine the behavioral patterns over time of different types of frauds, which illustrate cyclical frequencies. We develop an evolutionary theory that suggests cyclic behavior in frauds should be...

A one year field trial was carried out on three adjacent unfertilised plots; an 18 year old grassland, a 14 year old established <i>Miscanthus</i> crop, and a 7 month old newly planted <i>Miscanthus</i> crop. Measurements of N₂O, soil temperature, water filled pore space (WFPS), and inorganic nitrogen...

Reinstating the dialectic in Marx's account of capitalism is argued to be the best way of maintaining its coherence after the Sraffian critique. The key to this involves purging any reliance upon any autonomous labor-value substructure underlying prices and money. It is shown that adopting this...

Economic orthodoxy has but a minimal interest in methodology. Heterodoxy is suspicious of dialectics. As exemplified recently in a book by John Rosenthal, even Marxism likes to eschew the notion of any more than a residual Hegelian influence in Marx and Marxist discourse. Bouncing off...