Could the consultative document have its priorities wrong?

Operational risk – Revisions to the simpler approaches - consultative document

This publication is available on the BIS website (www.bis.org). Operational risk – Revisions to the simpler approaches iii Executive summary Introduction In the wake of the financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has been reviewing the adequacy of the capital framework. The aim is not only to address the weaknesses that were revealed during the crisis, but also to reflect t...

Where have we gone wrong?

The November BJGP Viewpoint article by Morrison and Gillies about the tragic death of Dr Pat Manson serves as a timely reminder of the pressures that UK general practice is under.1 I was sad when I heard of Pat’s death and 2 weeks later I became even more distressed when another GP working in rural Scotland took their own life. These tragedies mark the tip of an iceberg. The litany of burnout, ...

Could Morality Have

Extinction of megafauna: How could the research get so wrong?

The published evidence for the human-mediated extinction of megafauna is examined and is found to be unsubstantiated. It is shown that the claimed evidence is not based on the data describing the growth of human population but on invented data describing the growth of a non-existent, phantom genus we could call Phasmapithecus. Furthermore, it is also shown that contrary to the published claim e...

Could the South Have Won the War?

Although the Confederate surrenders in April 1865 marked the end of major hostilities of the American Civil War, disputes of interpretation continue to characterise the study of the conduct and outcomes of the War. Whilst this may be simply a feature of all historiography, the extent of these interpretive disputes may well be a direct consequence of the nature of the primary sources that have s...