Growth figures force market down. Australia's worst economic growth rate for five years has weighed on investor confidence, pushing the share market down a little. [ABC News: Business Stories]
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MIT and Energy for a rapidly evolving world. “The numbers are overwhelming,” Henry Jacoby tells us in his overview of the final forum panel. The U.S. consumes one-quarter of the world’s energy and emits one-quarter of the world’s carbon dioxide. The combined population of India and China is nine times that of the U.S., so what will happen as they approach our…
Jim Moore's beautiful and warm observations of the passing of a giant of our times.. John Kenneth Galbraith was not only a beloved economist,he was also a local whose towering strides, slowing as he aged, were a common site on Church Street, Brattle Street, and in and around Harvard Square. There was something enormously calming about his presence, and something reassuring about seeing…
New book: "A New Sociology of Work?". This book asks what might be required of "a new sociology of work" and why such a project is vital for understanding people's working lives at the start of the twenty-first century. 16.08.08 [PASCAL Observatory]
Families and households and youth : My generation. Creed O'Hanlon questions the real influence of baby boomers in this essay for Griffith Review 13. He suggests that rather than being the social conscience of the twentieth century, they deliberately co-opted and distorted youth culture and turned it into a commodity, packaging dissent as readily as community, music or fashion. He…
In Today's Rat Race, the Most Overworked Win . For years, economists have taught their students a simple maxim: As employers hunt for workers, they want to get the best talent at the lowest price. By Shankar Vedantam. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post]
Compromise: How to make breakfast. A creature of habit, I have just about exactly the same thing for breakfast every day, especially when I'm on the road. Here it is. An egg white omelet, made in a cast-iron skillet with fresh herbs and a whole... [Seth's Blog]
All members of the LLEN should note the work of the Victorian Rural and Regional Services Development Committee and the Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee of the Parliament of Victoria. Over the past year the Central Ranges LLEN has given sworn evidence, made submissions to or assisted other groups to contribute to these three inquiries. On January 19th, 2006,…