What is a default judgment? If the defendant fails to answer the plaintiff's claims or fails to appear at the hearing, the judge may, upon the plaintiff's request, hear and decide the case without hearing the defendant's side. This is...

What is a default judgment? If the defendant fails to answer the plaintiff's claims or fails to appear at the hearing, the judge may, upon the plaintiff's request, hear and decide the case without hearing the defendant's side. This is...

In part 2 of INET's interview with Amar Bhidé, the subject is how large financial systems ignore the essential insights of human judgment when they defer to models

Can humans ever take a neutral stance and become completely objective? Can we shed our biases and judgment to achieve god-like impartiality? Can we observe anything objectively? And if not, then does 1+1 still equal 2? Alie explores this...

During the 1990s, Argentina had been the poster child for Neoliberal policies—they adopted virtually the whole of the so-called “Washington Consensus” agenda lock-stock-and-barrel. They even adopted a currency board. And unlike...

The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or...

This video explains the concept of exempted property for debtors in two scenarios: when a debtor is subject to a lien or legal action, and when a debtor files for bankruptcy. In both cases, certain types of property are protected from...

This video explains the concept of exempted property for debtors in two scenarios: when a debtor is subject to a lien or legal action, and when a debtor files for bankruptcy. In both cases, certain types of property are protected from...

What can neuroscience tell us about the subjective experience of remembering, the feeling of reliving a memory? Cognitive neuroscientist Jon Simons considers the latest evidence. Subscribe for regular science