VIDEO: Nobel Prize Winning Economist Paul Krugman exchanges views with Economist Richard Wolff regarding Bernie and Socialism (includes transcript)
An exchange American Political Junkies won't want to miss - Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose
Is Eating Meat linked to a higher likelihood of chronic disease?
3 minute read "Plant-based diets have been popular in the media recently, but research shows that going vegetarian or vegan isn’t only good for the environment, but for our health, too," write Laura Brown, Teesside University and Kelly Rose, Teesside University, UK (Feb. 26th, 2020)
10 Things We Know Thanks to Evolutionary Psychology
3 minute read "The human experience is rich, including such diverse facets such as," writes Glenn Geher, State University of New York (Feb. 26th, 2020)
I was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton: Bloomberg is an Oligarch trying to buy the US Presidency
3 minute read "I’m not saying that great wealth should disqualify you from becoming president...The problem lies at the nexus of wealth and power, where those with great wealth use it to gain great power. This is how oligarchy destroys democracy," writes Robert Reich, (former) Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, University of California (Feb. 19th, 2020)
Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don’t know history
3 minute read "As a historian who has written and taught about the Civil War era for several decades, I know that current divisions pale in comparison to those of the mid-19th century," writes Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia (Feb. 19th, 2020)
An Open Letter to the World Health Organization and American Psychiatric Association
4 minute read Researcher and Clinician, Professor Peter Kinderman (University of Liverpool) has shown exceptional leadership in an open letter to the leaders of the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization. iDose invites you to not only read this related article, but get involved if you judge it to be constructive (Feb. 19th, 2020)
Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients
"More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements. The vast majority of consumers – 84% – are confident the products are safe and effective. They should not be so trusting," writes C. Michael White, University of Connecticut (Feb. 19th, 2020)
A psychiatric diagnosis is far from perfect, but can be more than an unkind ‘label’
7 minute read "When I was training as a clinical psychologist, I had a rotation in a low-cost psychotherapy clinic. Among the first people I met was a young man who believed that he might be responsible for harm coming to his family if he didn’t engage in time-consuming rituals, including arranging his shoes very particularly for up to half an hour," writes Huw Green, University of Cambridge (Feb. 19th, 2020)
New History PhDs Awarded Continue to Decline as Academic Job Market Remains Flat
7 minute read. What is the state of the Academic Job Market for Historians? By Dylan Ruediger, American Historical Association addresses the topic in this piece (Feb. 19th, 2020)