In economics, this is known as “demand shifting.” The most famous example of government policy leading to demand shifting is probably the much lauded “cash for clunkers” program, which it turned out didn’t really help the economy in the long-term at all. It didn’t cause people who...
Notes: The legal betting age in Maine is 21+. Additionally, Maine does allow for betting on college sports, including in-state teams. Path to Legalization: Maine was the first state to legalize sports betting in 2022, getting their bill across the line in May… but it took an impressive17...
Briggs asks — meaning, does he ever think about why he was fighting, what he hoped to see in the peace afterward. Boyden replies, “What the hell do you mean, what anything was about?” (When he had asked General George Patton a similar question during the battle for Sicily, Patton h...
Achieving economies of scale and reduction in development costs mean that abatement technologies become commercially viable and are gradually phased in. The problem is that this pace does not match the urgency required of us to stay on track for the Paris Agreement emissions goals. Abatement challeng...
60.What does the underlined sentence mean?DA.Scientists have put something testing people's emotions under humans'skin.B.There were some breakthroughs in this technology in getting something from people's skin.C.In this technology,people's skin was broken through.D.There were improvements in ...
While some teen-aged mothers fit the negative stereotype, these descriptions are not all accurate for most teenaged mothers, and there certainly are, and have been, teenaged mothers in America about whom none of these assumptions are true. I would like to focus on two historical figures from...
Right now, that means sending out vaccines to the whole world; soon, it will mean signing TPP and every other free trade chance we can. But we can never stop in this push toward universals liberty, and any hiccup in that push will only result in suffering for us and the world. Then ...
In the meantime, it’s clear that the faint hope that a multibillion dollar oil upgrader might bring jobs to southern New Brunswick has always been the ultimate pot of gold for pipeline advocates. The jobs argument has sustained enthusiasm for Energy East since it was first proposed and that...
No, seriously, this is pretty straightforward business, albeit masterfully made, with an expansive, almost theoretical understanding of what “indie rock” could mean in an era when that term has become practically meaningless. So, regardless of how, I don’t know, not-new-in terms of synth ...
It is not a safe assumption however that because someone does not want further development that they are under-performing in their current role: At my age I really don't want to go up another grade to be honest, I'm not looking for a career [laughs], you know, I've done career if...