A group of women is building a network and encouraging women in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) at the St. Louis Fed.
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In 2007 the Australian Labor Party, under Kevin Rudd, inflicted a painful defeat on the COALition. From 60 MPs the ALP had before the federal election, their Lower House representation swelled to 83 (more than enough to pass legislation). And 22 of those new MPs were replacing defeated COALition MPs, whose House contingent was reduced to 65.
To make things worse for the COALition, even John Howard, until then PM, lost his safe seat of Bennelong and “moderate” Malcolm Turnbull, who soon was chosen federal Opposition Leader, was facing an extreme Right insurgency, led by Tony Abbott and Nick Minchin.
In the Senate, things were only slightly less favourable for Rudd, the new Labor PM:
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Did you know that Alfred Stieglitz was an advocate of craftsmanship in early 20th-century photography? If you’re hoping to bring out a better sense of craft in your black and white photography, you have a lot more tools at your disposal than he did. You just need to learn how to use them. Read on to find…
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When devising a marketing strategy, it is essential for a business to first have a clear picture of who its target audience is and what factors influence their behavior. In the past, consumers may simply have visited the first shop they came across. Today, however, consumers are highly informed; they read reviews, assess prices, and…
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My new cartoon for The Boston Globe today:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/21/opinion/caught-doing-nothing/
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The conventional measures of economic well-being are dangerously limited, and we are seeing the resulting policy consequences play out daily.
Rob Johnson joins Background Briefing with Ian Masters to discuss public concern about inflation
Given the news, it’s hard for an environmentally-conscious socialist worker to focus on a single topic.
Think about it. Should I focus on the catastrophic drought, heat wave and/or wildfires afflicting Europe, north Africa and Asia? What about the megadrought that left Lake Mead dry? Should I focus on it, instead?
Although words like “unprincipled,” “amoral,” and “serial liar” seem to describe the outgoing British prime minister accurately, they accurately describe more successful political leaders as well. To explain Johnson’s fall, we need to consider two factors specific to our times.