In recent years, a number of countries have changed their central banking institutions. Often these reforms involve granting long terms of office to central bankers. This threatens to limit the extent to which the central bank can be held accountability. Dismissal rules can help ensure accountability, and, in the presence of inßation shocks, the socially optimal commitment policy is supported b...

Scientific investigation of the paranormal is ignored in France, and it has been suggested that this is the reason for the proliferation of irrational beliefs there. This article examines that thesis. Media coverage of parapsychology in France and the UK are compared. Research in parapsychology is almost completely disregarded by the French media but is well reported by the British media. Howev...

A scenario of dismissal is used to illustrate a business ethical reflection that is guided by the method of reflective equilibrium. Several rules of dismissal are considered with respect to an already proved practice and to the goals of the corporation. The deliberation shows how the demand for coherence between norms and practice and for the achievement of certain purposes works. The limits an...