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Self-Interest or Self-Defeating? How the Self-Employed Voted in the EU Referendum
No full textGiven the anticipated negative impact of Brexit on the U.K. economy, it might be expected that self-employed individuals would have favoured remaining in the European Union. However, the self-employed are also more likely to have certain demographic characteristics that are associated with voting leave in the 2016 referendum. We investigate such potentially offsetting influences using nationally representative survey data and find that self-employed men were more, and women less, likely to be leave voters compared to the paid-employed. The differences were statistically significant for men but a Gelbach decomposition reveals that they can largely be explained by characteristics, specifically age and education. Our findings, especially for self-employed men, are discussed within the context of the important economic consequences that Brexit continues to have on small businesses in the United Kingdom as well as the need for further evidence on the voting behaviour of the self-employed
Introduction to: Roundtable discussion, 'From the shores of silence: conversations in feminist practical theology'
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Re-examining the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Objective vs. Subjective Financial Literacy in the Young and Overconfident
No full textOur research paper presents a unique and hand-collected dataset comprising 169 student responses to examine the prevalence of overconfidence among undergraduate students. Overconfidence can lead to misguided financial choices not only for individuals but also for their clients, resulting in significant consequences such as a preference for high-risk investments, inadequate risk management, under-diversification, insufficient financial and retirement planning, and excessive borrowing. To study overconfidence we employ the Dunning-Kruger effect as it implies overconfidence on the lower end of financial proficiency.Our study makes several valuable contributions to the existing literature. Firstly, we analyze the evolution of the Dunning-Kruger effect across different age groups, enabling us to detect the impact of maturity and education on financial overconfidence. Our findings reveal that students aged under 21, who often benefit from a strong family support system and live at home, tend to self-rate their financial abilities higher than their objective knowledge.Secondly, as we observe groups of more mature students and students progressing through their education journey, we find that their self-belief about finances and their objective financial knowledge tend to gradually align, especially for the over 28 years old group. Our research highlights the potential of a simple 5-minute, 4-question test that can be administered during the final year to reveal overconfidence. This test could be an effective tool for Business Schools to address and rectify overconfidence among their students
‘The Santy Claus myth’: The Politicisation of Santa Claus During the Great Depression
No full textThis article argues that the commercial celebration of Christmas and children’s reverence to Santa Claus became politically contentious during the Great Depression when well-established Christmas traditions were threatened by economic strife. Growing numbers of parents simply could not afford to fill their children's stockings. Santa Claus was easily recognizable as a religious and cultural figure but during the Depression era the potential political connotations and messages of the legend became clear, especially when under threat. The nation’s ability or otherwise to indulge youths in Christmas fantasies and fun became a barometer for the health of capitalism and the nation. Santa Claus embodied important American values including the emerging right to a childhood, Christianity, and the capitalist system. Some radical youths participated in so-called anti-Christmas parties and pledged to expose what they called ‘the Santy Claus myth’ to their peers whilst journalists, literary figures, philanthropists, and the federal government mobilized together to protect Christmas traditions including the cult of Santa Claus. In doing so they worked to protect a form of celebration which had wider implications. Any perceived attack on the notion of Santa Claus was not only an attack on fun but was interpreted as an attack on the United States and its ideals
The evidence on educational methods for political engagement. In Who’s Afraid of Political Education? (pp. 147-162). Policy Press.
No full textNothing On Atkins:A book of responses to Tim Atkins’s NOTHING CONCLUSIVE HAS YET TAKEN PLACE IN THE WORLD THE ULTIMATE WORD OF THE WORLD AND ABOUT THE WORLD HAS NOT YET BEEN SPOKEN THE WORLD IS OPEN AND FREE EVERYTHING IS STILL IN THE FUTURE AND WILL ALWAYS BE
No full textA book of responses to Tim Atkins’s NOTHING CONCLUSIVE HAS YET TAKEN PLACE IN THE WORLD THE ULTIMATE WORD OF THE WORLD AND ABOUT THE WORLD HAS NOT YET BEEN SPOKEN THE WORLD IS OPEN AND FREE EVERYTHING IS STILL IN THE FUTURE AND WILL ALWAYS BE including writing from Andrea Brady, Colin Leemarshall, Eleni Sikelianos, Jeff Hilson, Philip Terry, Miles Champion, Robert Sheppard, Carole Birkan-Berz, Iris Colomb, Robert Hampson, Simon Smith, Laura Wetherington, Laird Hunt, Robert Hogg, Stephen Collis, Peter Jaeger, Ágnes Lehóczky and Jaume C. Pons Alorda, nine new and unpublished sections of Atkins’s Nothing and an interview with Atkins by Jonathan Skinner and Daniel Kane.This book contains commissioned pieces by all of the above poets and critics. They all write about my Crater Press volume which is mentioned in the title.There are two substantial inputs from me in this book.There is a lengthy interview with me (conducted by Dr Kane & Dr Skinner).There is new and previously-unpublished series of poems (completing the series contained in the original volume NOTHING... -as mentioned in the title of this book.
