Likewise Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz delegate a mere footnote to Smoot-Hawley in their massive treatise, A Monetary History of the United States, 1867â1960. To his credit Austrian economist Murray Rothbard at least devotes one and a half pages to the tariff in Americaâs Great Depression.
'Baby brain' is a stereotype and all in the mind, the Mail Online reports. The headline is prompted by a US study that aimed to see if baby brain (aka mumnesia) â alleged memory lapses and problems with concentration during pregnancy â is a real phenomenon or just a myth. The study recruited 21 women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
How Momâs Weight Before Pregnancy Can Affect a Babyâs Brain. Even before conception, a mother's obesity may affect cognitive development in her baby-to-be. A motherâs health during pregnancy has measurable effects on her babyâs well-being, but a new study shows that her fitness before pregnancy matters too. Researchers say that cognitive deficits found in premature babies can be traced to a number of mom-related factors, and one of them is a womanâs pre-pregnancy weight.