Inheritance Among Childless Elites
This column uses data on the British aristocracy to provide evidence of the two-way link between inheritance and fertility decisions on the extensive margin
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Is New EU “Travel Authorisation” Another Brexit-Induced Ireland Headache?
Does what superficially looks like a nuisance-level post-Brexit change for UK travelers have bigger ramifications for Ireland?
Read more...Hoisted from E-Mail: Brexit, Security, and the UK’s Coming Poodledom
Adding to the tally of how the UK will come out a loser thanks to Brexit.
Read more...EU (Finally) Slaps Down UK on Fantasy Irish Border Solutions
More Brexit bad news, even though the UK should not be surprised.
Read more...Brexit Looks Wobbly as Polls Go Negative, House of Lords Throws Spanner in the Works
Some Brexit updates.
Read more...How to Democratise Brexit and Take Back Control of our Future: An Appeal to Jeremy Corbyn
Now that the Brexit realities are starting to sink in, pundits are finding new magic sparkle ponies to tout as possible solutions.
Read more...The Brexit Transition Deal
Economists do not have much nice to say about the UK’s Brexit transition deal.
Read more...Brexit: UK Capitulates
The latest installment in the Brexit soap opera.
Read more...Brexit: EU Tightens the Noose
Has the fatal Brexit standoff arrived, or will someone blink?
Read more...Brexodus: The UK May Leave the EU, but the EU May Already Be Leaving the UK
One way the UK is already losing out from Brexit….the supposedly sought-after drop in immigration is hitting some important sectors.
Read more...Crash Out Brexit Now the Defender Position
Brace yourselves! Why a “crash out” Brexit is now the most likely outcome.
Read more...Brexit-Induced Pillaging of the UK Starts: US Fleecing UK on Must-Have Air Transport Pact
Yet another Brexit shoe is about to drop….this one on the aviation front.
Read more...Tories, Trapped by Their Red Lines, Again Blame EU as Clock Runs Down
Assume the brace position. A hard Brexit is looking more likely.
Read more...Corbyn’s Brexit Challenge: From the Frying Pan into the Fire?
Unfortunately, Corbyn finally stepping into the Brexit fray looks like different cherry picking and potentially even more political upheaval.
Read more...Tories Double Down on Brexit Fantasies as EU Again Says “Nein”
Yet another Groundhog Day in Brexit land…
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