The most undiscussed fact in British politics: the average personal tax rate is at its lowest since 1975. ifs.org.uk/articles/how...
An interesting question! Sparked a quick Google cause I felt sure I'd seen some research on class self-id a while ago, and while it might not answer this precise question, might have the building blocks for one. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Kosmin’s description of the symbolic consequences of the Seleucid Empire shifting from a system of ‘king time’ (years were counted as year x of monarch y’s reign) to ‘kingdom time’ (year 1 is the start of the empire, and we keep counting from there) is fascinating.
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests, the Seleucid kings ruled a vast territory stretching from Central Asia to Anatolia, Armenia to the Persian Gulf. In a radical move to impose unity…
“Media that can look at empire as a machine not as a dragon is something that is grasping the heart of the matter much more deeply”. @amalelmohtar.com precisely articulating a demand for fiction I never before had the correct words for. Meal of Thorns is essential
More podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Amal El-MohtarTitle: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth…
Whenever I find another way in which the world’s entire financial architecture is built on the foundational assumption “the US Government will always pay its debts” I feel a similar vertigo to when I found out that all the world’s computer chips (for now at least) are made in Taiwan
oh you think its funny that 300 iq males are crashing their teslas & being cooked alive by some weird type of fire thats immune to firemen
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