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He prefers the idea of introducing a VAT, or value-added tax, and increasing payroll contributions for social programs such as retirement and disability insurance. Feenberg estimates that a 14% VAT on goods and services, similar to what exists in the E.U., would generate more revenue than the existing income...
That primal push-pull is at work during wars, natural disasters and any other time our hides are on the line. It was perhaps never more poignantly played out than during the two greatest maritime disasters in history: the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. A team of behavioral...
The Lusitania and the Titanic are often thought of as sister vessels; they in fact belonged to two separate owners, but the error is understandable. Both ships were huge: the Titanic was carrying 2,207 passengers and crew on the night it went down; the Lusitania had 1,949. The...
With this information in hand, they separated out one key group: all third-class passengers age 35 or older who were traveling with no children. The researchers figured that these were the people who faced the greatest likelihood of death because they were old enough, unfit enough and deep enough...
That theory fits perfectly with the survival data, as all of the Lusitania's passengers were more likely to engage in what's known as selfish rationality - a behavior that's every bit as me-centered as it sounds and that provides an edge to strong, younger males in particular...