There is merit in being able to bring to a class true-to-life stories on the complicated process of running a government, especially its economic policy. To cast a stone is easy, but when one is involved in the process it is easy to discern that application of economic theory is a high...
We don’t talk about the upper class or the rich anymore: instead we talk about them in terms of percentage points. And we don’t talk about the poor as much as we talk about those who are homeless. But there are still poor people in our society, and one member of that group ...
In this Bizarro Universe, with empty CBD’s and flourishing suburban strips, Australian retailer Harvey Norman reports its sales for July to September were up 30.6% on the previous year. “People can’t spend their money on other things anymore, so they are spending time upgrading their home,...
I have nevertheless included King on the syllabus for that class, with guest speakers introducing him to the students, because I wanted to show students the contemporary relevance of Indian philosophy. Specifically, King drew a great deal of his ideas from Gandhi –who was a philosopher-activist...
there isn’t one unified and cohesive electorate but several distinct voting cohorts. As alluded to above, the Trump-led Republicans deepened their appeal among white working-class Americans but also broadened it to peel away once-solid support for the Democrats among specific cohorts and bring th...
certificates and experience of teachers do not have much explanatory power (Hanushek and Rivkin, 2006). Overall, both when it comes to the importance of class size and importance of teachers, research suggests that their effects on soft skills of students have to be accounted for in order to ...
Each class automatically moved from one level to another every year. Individual achievement was downplayed. Assignments were completed collectively, including the writing of essays and even sitting for examinations. In another break with tradition, where it once used to take four or six years to ...
as emerging economies experience an increasing middle class population, the demand for labor in the construction sector will increase. Once high-speed rail travel is put into place, cities across the globe will see lower highway congestion, lower emissions, and lower trade deficits stemming from le...
In the study, they show that working class boys are disproportionately channelled to indigenous language schools which typically lead to traditional occupations, despite high returns to English language education. The suggested reason is that traditional occupations, which depend on local job networks, ...
And I ended the year on a two-month business trip. Did you know that you can buy an around-the-world airplane ticket? It’s cheaper than you would think. I need to fly business class (I am a big guy, and it would be a violation of the Geneva Convention to confine me to the ...