Monarchies are better economic performers then republics and links to other news and views

What’s the Cure for Ailing Nations? More Kings and Queens, Monarchists Say - New York Times
A recent study that examined the economic performance of monarchies versus republics bolsters their views. Led by Mauro F. Guillén, a management professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the study found “robust and quantitatively meaningful evidence” that monarchies outperform other forms of government.
Far from being a dying system, the study said, “monarchies are surprisingly prevalent around the world.” They provide a “stability that often translates into economic gains”; they are better at protecting property rights and checking abuses of power by elected officials; and they have higher per-capita national incomes, the study said.
German companies forced to reveal gender pay gap - Financial Times
The measure grants female employees the right to learn how their salary compares with male workers in corresponding jobs. It can also be used by men who feel they are disadvantaged compared with female workers, although in practice officials believe that scenario is unlikely. The law applies to both the private and public sectors, provided the workplace has more than 200 employees.
Trump’s Twitter Threats Put American Credibility on the Line - New York Times
Two things stand out about the foreign policy messages Mr. Trump has posted on Twitter since taking office: How far they veer from the traditional ways American presidents express themselves, let alone handle diplomacy. And how rarely Mr. Trump has followed through on his words. Indeed, nearly a year after he entered the White House, the rest of the world is trying to figure out whether Mr. Trump is more mouth than fist, more paper tiger than the real thing.
Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs - New York Times
For-profit nursing homes utilize related corporations more frequently than nonprofits do, and have fared worse than independent for-profit homes in fines, complaints and staffing, the analysis found. Their fines averaged $25,345, which was 10 percent higher than fines for independent for-profits, and the homes received 24 percent more substantiated complaints from residents.
The jig’s up for Coalition’s negative gearing lies – and apologists in the media - The New Daily
When the Australian people are being lied to, you’d hope that the bulk of the mainstream media would swing into action to expose the liars.
But that did not happen during the Coalition’s phoney defence of negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts before the last election.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison encountered mild push-back from journalists at best as they ran a scare campaign against making any change to two of the most unjust, and unjustified, tax lurks going.
The PM said winding back those two tax write-offs would “take a sledgehammer” to property prices because “a third of demand” would disappear from the market if reforms proposed by Labor came to pass.
Well this week the deceitfulness of those claims is being fully exposed via a freedom of information request by the ABC. 
Trump Courts Economic Mayhem - Wall Street Journal
This year we’ll find out how serious he is about protectionism. So far the signs aren’t good.
Consensus, Dissensus, and Economic Ideas: Economic Crisis and the Rise and Fall of Keynesianism - Henry Farrell, John Quiggin in International Studies Quarterly
During the recent economic crisis, Keynesian ideas about fiscal stimulus briefly seemed to form the basis of a new expert consensus about how to deal with demand shocks. However, this apparent consensus soon collapsed into a continuing dissensus, with important consequences for policy.

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