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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 12:41
Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 23 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, 12 summer schools, 12 job openings, 5 PhD scholarships, 4 postdoctoral positions, and 3 visiting fellowships in economic sociology, political economy, work, and related fields, with […]
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 11:22
I’ve been doing a bunch of talks and events online, mostly not CT related, but a couple that might be interesting to readers. One that certainly is is this conversation with Francis Spufford, which is a coda to Red Plenty. Some of my bits of the conversation build on this Long Now talk from a […]
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 05:00
Not only did someone self-immolate outside the court room but this happened again too: There are some other foul rumors as well… They have a full jury with six alternates. On Monday morning, the games will begin.
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 04:59
I don’t want to appall the diplomats present by using a vulgarism, but Pillar two [of AUKUS] is fragrant methane-wrapped bullshit. Australia and New Zealand are beautifully placed to nurture and defend a different model of relationships between the prevailing power [the US] and the rising power [China]: A different approach from the one that Continue reading »
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 04:58
Readers will recall my article of 16 April, The end of occupation: A state of Palestine at the UN. It advised of an anticipated vote in the Security Council on April 18. The Security Council was sitting in New York. Because of the time difference, that was early in the morning of 19 April in Continue reading »
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 04:57
Last Wednesday Defence Minister Richard Marles blustered his way through a speech and Q&A at the National Press Club. He presented the National Defence Strategy (NDS) to the nation – a document laden with the jargon of new defence priorities, AUKUS and a plan for our military to ‘project power’. The publicity pitch laid it Continue reading »
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 04:54
Next month marks two years since the Albanese Government came to power on 22 May 2022, leaving just one year remaining for his government to implement its agenda. At this critical time, significant numbers of Labor Party members and supporters have found themselves thinking of his government in power as Liberal-lite. That view was initiated Continue reading »
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 04:52
An industry policy in development, baby steps towards a carbon price, lessons for independent MPs who want to start a party, the virtue of working less. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles, podcasts, reports and other media on current economic and political issues. Industry policy “A future made in Australia” is Continue reading »
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Sat, 20/04/2024 - 04:50
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi recently unveiled its first electric vehicle (EV), the SU7, igniting a spark of excitement. At the launch event, Xiaomi’s founder and CEO Lei Jun, whose vision includes creating “a dream car on a par with Porsche and Tesla,” said that from design to batteries, intelligent driving to cockpit controls, the SU7 Continue reading »