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On April 10, 2013, Liberty Fund and Butler University sponsored a symposium, "Capitalism, Government, and the Good Society." The evening began with solo presentations by the three participants--Michael Munger of Duke University, Robert Skidelsky...

The Unfair Stigmatization of Vitamin A If you take a prenatal vitamin, look on the label to see whether it contains vitamin A (some brands actually don’t contain any vitamin A), it will probably indicate “from beta-carotene or mixed carotenoids.” When...

Electronic Resources & Libraries By Donald T. Hawkins  (Freelance Conference Blogger and Editor) Note: A summary of this article appeared in the June 2016 issue of Against The Grain v28 #3 on Page xx. The 11th Electronic Resources & Libraries...

Update: figures now in from Imperial. See below. Further update: figures in from Nottingham too. A little over two years ago, the Cost of Knowledge boycott of Elsevier journals began. Initially, it seemed to be highly successful, with the number of...

United Nations Summit adopts the 2030 Development Agenda The United Nations held a Development Summit on 25-27 September, attended by many top political leaders. The Summit adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which will have a major...