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Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...work leave thanks to a larger subsidy being offered in Ontario and other jurisdictions. Direct subsidies also do not, on their own, either increase work or skills. The rise in work they bring in certainly do, but tax relief itself does not spur creativity or the desire to create new content. Why Indirect Government Subsidies Are Better Indirect subsidies are essentially...
How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work?
Society, Politics & Law

How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work?

How realistic is the idea that Britain will make a Free Trade Agreement with the EU if we leave the EU?...[Members of the European Parliament voting on a resolution during Brussels plenary session - black and white image showing men with their thumbs in the air. ] Thumbs up at the European Parliament Let’s consider a scenario. On leaving the European Union, Britain...
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...work...In celebrating the merits of free software and the excitement over this radical networked production method, an important truth is left unspoken. Networked collaboration shines in the low levels of network protocols, server software and memory allocation, but user interface has consistently been a point of failure. How come the networked collaboration that...
Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London
Society, Politics & Law

Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London

...working, NYC mayor Bill de Blasio is having to spend heavily to get more homes built, promising 200,000 more affordable units in the next ten years. This increase in supply is essential because, as economists have long pointed out, capping rents below the market level reduces the amount of property offered by private landlords, while boosting demand for it. The...
Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
Society, Politics & Law

Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?

...working in partnership with the U.S. Border Patrol as part of Operation Jump Start. The airmen are assigned to the 188th Fighter Wing Arkansas Air National Guard. ] In 2006, US Air Force crew build a fence on the US/Mexico border The data comes from a massive 30-year study led by sociologist Douglas Massey, published last month at the American Journal of Sociology and...
COVID-19: Social work and social care - learning to help you in practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

COVID-19: Social work and social care - learning to help you in practice

...work or social care practice, or want more knowledge and support to help you in a new setting working with those impacted by COVID-19, OpenLearn has a range of free courses available for you to refresh your knowledge and skills...All of our courses are free and you can start them when you want to, studying at your own pace. Some of the courses are badged, so you can print...
An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification

Where can social psychology take you? Here four psychologists tell us about their career journey and other work options open to people studying social psychology...Transcript Interested? To find out more about the OU’s BSC (Honours) Social Psychology and how to apply, visit our qualifications site or try our OpenLearn Social Psychology and Politics Course
Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

Nauro Campos argues that even Brexit backers fail to make a clear financial case for the UK leaving the EU...The costs to Britain of a potential departure from the EU are much argued over, but when it comes to the crunch, even the most likely scenarios put forward by the pro-Brexit camp show the country could be worse off. A recent example that has received an...