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Should I lie to my child about Santa?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageIt's not always a bad thing to lie to your kids.from www.shutterstock.com

It’s that time of the year again when parents deliberate over whether to lie – or continue the lie – to their kids about Santa Claus.

Many parents don’t feel comfortable “lying” to their child just to prop up a popular myth.

But does lying...

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Summer reading guide from The Conversation's economists

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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Challenging, inspiring and funny: a handful of our economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.

Rodney Maddock, Adjunct Professor of Economics, Monash University

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The Courage to Act by Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke’s The Courage to Act gives a wonderful insight into the...

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Non-human Democracy: in the Anthropocene, it cannot be all about us

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWe know about the human democracy that was. We know the failings of the democracy that is. But the democracy to come is both uncertain and full of possibilities.Mitchell Nolte (2015), used with permission, Author provided

This is part two of a three-part essay. Part one asks why democratic research has all but ignored non-human species, and...

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