Sobukwe, psychology, and politics

Excise Taxes: Economics, Politics, and Psychology *

The imposition of taxes on specific consumption goods and services (i.e. excise taxes) not only is a time-honoured activity but also makes common sense: government financing can be combined with other important social goals, in particular the reduction of externalities (costs imposed on other people) by making the taxed goods more expensive. Thus two goals can be attained at the same time, whic...

The Qualitative Revolution and Psychology Science , Politics , and Ethics

Growing interest in qualitative research methods and methodological pluralism in psychology since the 1990s is placed in the historical contexts of long-standing philosophical and scientific rationales and the more recent ‘‘qualitative revolution’’ in other social sciences that began in the 1970s. An examination of areas in which qualitative methods have become most strongly established—applied...

The Politics of Abnormal Psychology: Past, Present, and Future

[Psychology and politics. Attempt at a psychopathologic interpretation of terrorism].

Comment Prediction tools: Financial market regulation, politics and psychology

Risk managers operate in the space of risk and returns, constrained by financial market regulations. How can risk managers assess risk associated with changing regulatory structures, given that theories about the relationship between risk and return are much more developed than theories about the determinants of regulatory constraints? To help risk managers develop insight and predictive abilit...