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Simply Ridiculous

A Principal's Reflections

Now all of a sudden we are all filthy rich, greedy, and the sole reason for the economic turmoil in this country. The irony here is that it was the lack of oversight by these same government officials spearheading this agenda that got us into this financial mess. Where is the accountability on their part?

Economics 347
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Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

Strange Maps

Not by comparing the fiscal, economic, and financial data of each country theyd only end up comparing (rotten) apples to (spoiled) oranges. Instead, to arrive at their Corruption Perceptions Index and Control of Corruption Indicator (respectively), they aggregate the opinions of experts in governance and corruption.

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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

The Hechinger Report

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. As one young woman put it in a recent New York Times article , “If it wasn’t for these youth work-force programs, I don’t think I would have realized I wanted to be a mechanical engineer.”.

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Local Governance Falters Due to Uninformed Officials

Political Science Now

This piece, written by Komal Preet Kaur , covers the new article by Adam Michael Auerbach, Shikhar Singh and Tariq Thachil, “Who Knows How to Govern? This assumption raises critical questions: Do local authorities genuinely have the knowledge required for decentralized governance?

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa. As Logan wrote in a 2016 American Anthropologist article , “chronic food insecurity is a condition that was made rather than a condition that has always been.” Outside forces uprooted that security.

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Baltoscandia: The geopolitical ghost that may just have a future

Strange Maps

But even without a government, a flag, and most other trappings of actual nationhood, Baltoscandia has a history, a raison d’être , and perhaps even a future. If Russia isn’t yet as bold in the Baltics, that’s probably more because of NATO’s Article 5, which says that an attack on one member state is an attack on all.

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OPINION: How the gig economy puts children’s development at risk and what we can do about it

The Hechinger Report

As we emerge from the current economic crisis, we must fundamentally rethink the American social safety net, which was built in the mid 20th century, when steady employment and employer-provided benefits were the norm. A disclosure here: My husband is an adviser to Lyft, but this article was written independently.).

Economics 128