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Fri, 04/11/2022 - 10:21

Tasmanian MPs will continue to debate new political donations disclosure laws, and amendments to the Electoral Act, in Parliament next week. But will our elected representatives grab this opportunity to introduce truth in political advertising laws for Tasmania?

The post It all adds up for pollies, the truth is out there appeared first on The Australia Institute.

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Fri, 04/11/2022 - 06:39

November 3, 2022 “Eduspeak” Reconsidered When, Why, and to Whom Is Educational Jargon Annoying? By Alfie Kohn Over the years I’ve heard a lot of people complain — sometimes good-naturedly, sometimes with remarkable venom — about our field’s use of jargon. Eventually I began to wonder why “eduspeak” or “edspeak” (or, less charitably, “edu-babble”) vexes people so, and to what ... Read More

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Fri, 04/11/2022 - 03:17

The only thing more remarkable than the number of classified documents the Home Secretary leaks to her mentors, is the number of civil servants leaking to the newspapers about Braverman leaking the documents. In her brief period(s) as Home Secretary, civil servants have separately leaked to the papers: the fact of her emailing classified documents […]

The post Braverman Loses the Dressing Room appeared first on Craig Murray.

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Fri, 04/11/2022 - 01:45
by Brian Czech

Herman Daly, the champion of steady-state economics, passed away in the presence of beloved family members on October 28, 2022. In the process, a world in dire need of Herman’s wisdom became a lesser place. Yet we can be grateful for the 84 years he graced the earth and for the legacy he’s left us.

An excellent festschrift edited by Joshua Farley, a sweeping biography by Peter Victor,

The post Herman Daly (1938-2022): Up to the Steady State Economy appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

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Thu, 03/11/2022 - 19:29
I’ve got a new piece up at Compact about the shocking facts that recent lawsuits and FOIAs are bringing to light about the extent of the collaboration between the US government and Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in an attempt to police so-called disinformation. What’s apparent is that the aim of this strategy wasn’t to …

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Thu, 03/11/2022 - 07:01

The Climate of the Nation 2022 Report reveals record numbers of Australians who are “very concerned” about climate change as record floods and extreme weather continue to wreak havoc across eastern Australia, and a majority believe governments are not doing enough to prepare for and adapt to the impacts, according to the largest and longest running research program into climate change attitudes in Australia.

The post Climate Concern at Record High amid Floods: Largest Tracking Research on Climate in Australia appeared first on The Australia Institute.

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Thu, 03/11/2022 - 05:28
The debilitating challenges women face in being heard are detrimental to economic prosperity and to democracy itself.

As any woman who has tried to get her point across in a professional setting is acutely aware, a lot of men have trouble listening when a female colleague speaks. They talk over women, shut them down, and incessantly interrupt. They even engage in “bropriation” -- appropriating something a woman has said as their own. Worse still, the guilty men generally have little awareness of their exasperating behavior.

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Thu, 03/11/2022 - 04:23
ROBERT SKIDELSKY and SIMONE GASPERIN (2021) Abstract: This paper upholds the classical Keynesian position that a laissez-faire market economy lacks a spontaneous tendency to full employment. Focusing on the UK case, it argues that monetary policy could not prevent the economic collapse of 2008-9 or achieve full recovery from the Great Recession that followed. The … Continue reading Reinstating fiscal policy for normal times: Public investment and Public Jobs Programmes