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The Evolution and Social Impact of Video Game Economics: edited by Casey B. Hart. The most obvious examples are found in "freemium" games that allow players to play the base version of a game free of charge, but require payment to unlock all available game content. Kice hints that developers drive the prestige scheme by offering new downloadable content (DLC) used to periodically renew gamers' waning interest, and he mentions new game maps as a possible example of this tactic (54). For instance, the functions of game consoles are being replaced by virtual platforms, consoles are generally smaller both within and between generations, controllers are now usually wireless and use rechargeable batteries, games are commonly sold through download services with no physical components, etc. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'Official Papers of Alfred Marshall. A supplement,' edited by Peter D. Groenewegen.

Taking some controversial claims philosopher Jason Brennan makes in his book Against Democracy (Brennan 2016) as a starting point, this paper argues in favour of two theses: (1) There is No Such Thing as Superior Political Judgement; (2) There Is No Such Thing as Uncontroversial Social Scientific Knowledge. I conclude that social science experts need to be kept in check, not given more power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The I British Women and Documentary 1930-1955 i symposium brought together scholars working in interrelated fields to consider women on screen, working behind the camera and in the wider institutional context during the period, 1930-1955.[1] Hosted by the London School of Economics, where The Women's Library collection is now held. Appropriately, for a project that will produce its own documentary film as part of the outcomes[4], all of the presentations were firmly embedded in film materials and, at times, film materiality. Hollie Price's paper delved further into the W.I.'s involvement in distributing Ministry of Information films and documentaries across the country via mobile film units. [Extracted from the article]

This paper examines the distribution dynamics of regional per capita income in the European Union between 1977 and 1999. To achieve this aim, a non-parametric approach is combined with the information provided by various measures used in the literature on personal income distribution. The results obtained suggest that regional inequality and polarisation have decreased in the European context over the period considered. Likewise, the observed level of intradistributional mobility is relatively low. Furthermore, the findings reveal the important role played by the national component and the spatial dimension in the distribution dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]