By at least one measure, China now leads the world in producing high-quality science. My research shows that Chinese scholars now publish a larger fraction of the top 1% most cited scientific papers globally than scientists from any other country.
I am a policy expert and analyst who studies how governmental investment in science, technology and innovation improves social welfare. While a country’s scientific prowess is somewhat difficult to quantify, I’d argue that the amount of money spent on scientific research, the number of scholarly papers published and the quality of those papers are good stand-in measure…
Today, China is second only to the US in how much it spends on science and technology. Chinese universities now produce the largest number of engineering PhDs in the world, and the quality of Chinese universities has dramatically improved in recent year…
Our research also found that Chinese research was surprisingly novel and creative – and not simply copying western researchers. To measure this, we looked at the mix of disciplines referenced in scientific paper…
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Why does the apparently prescient and correct “key currency” view remain an embattled minority view?
In his June 1945 Congressional testimony in opposition to the new Bretton Woods institutions, John H. Williams outlined his own “key currency” view of the postwar international monetary system, which he explicitly tagged as quite definitely a “minority” view (1947, p. 266). Money is inherently hierarchical, not multilateral, and the central monetary problem for postwar reconstruction was to stabilize the dollar-sterling exchange rate as the core of a new global dollar system, which other currencies could join as they were able.
Things are going to break and central banks are going to have to respond, but the mental frame that most people will be using is not well suited for understanding how the world now works
The internecine warfare in the House is not between those who respect democratic institutions and those who do not. McCarthy, backed by Trump and far-right conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, is as morally bankrupt as those trying to bring him down.
The post Chris Hedges: America’s Theater of the Absurd appeared first on MintPress News.
Freya, a golden retriever, is the newest member of the St. Louis Fed’s K-9 unit. Using her keen sense of smell, she helps protect the Federal Reserve Bank.
No, they are not okay This from Rep. Ronny Jackson sounds like something Navin R. Johnson might say. In case you missed what that’s all about.
Sam Bright reports on the influence held by a parliamentary lobbying group backed by private health interests
More crypto chicanery! How crypto-focused bank Silvergate got a very big ticket rescue from a quasii-government mortgage banker's bank.
On this week’s Lever Time Premium: David explores the ramifications of the potential Kroger/Albertsons merger; and we offer up another eye-opening edition of “One Thing.”
On this week’s Lever Time Premium: David explores the ramifications of the potential Kroger/Albertsons merger; and we offer up another eye-opening edition of “One Thing.”
Kevin Higgins, the brilliant socialist poet and political commentator, has died aged only fifty-six. One of the kindest and most generous people and a passionate supporter of human rights for Palestinians. Higgins’s poetry could be subtle or superbly acerbic, as in the case of this brilliant ‘tribute’ to Margaret Hodge, the unpleasant Barking MP who […]
God helps those who service themselves If there is a silver lining to the MAGAfication of the U.S. House, it is this: outside the Beltway there are signs that Republicans care about something other than owning the libs. Thomas B. Edsall examines efforts inside several state legislatures to marginalize the governing-be-damned philosophy of the craziest of Republican crazies. In South Carolina (of all places), the majority Republican caucus has insisted all members sign onto a set of rules prohibiting from campaigning against other members or from dishing to reporters on what transpires inside confidential closed meetings. Refusal to sign would exile members from the caucus. South Carolina Freedom Caucus members branded the move a “loyalty oath.” A conservative web publication said the rules: would prohibit members from endorsing or campaigning on behalf of anyone challenging a G.O.P. incumbent in next spring’s primary elections. It would also prohibit lawmakers from posting images of the House’s electronic voting board on their social media pages — and from discussing the “internal processes” behind House votes during public appearances.
Team,
We are fighting a war against TikTok and Netflix. Candidly—and this doesn’t leave the building—MTV is not currently winning that war. I believe there’s still a path to victory, but we need to honestly assess our situation before we can confidently chart a course forward.
At MTV, we make the mold, and then we break the mold. That means turning over every rock to mine the unexplored depths of American youth culture. And you’ve done that! The pitches you sent me in Q4 have run the gamut: Beach Teenagers, Dangerous Youths, and Fun Rural People are all in our wheelhouse. Admittedly, I don’t always get the chance to read every one of your ideas, but I see them, or at least the subject lines. Still, our ratings continue to sink.
I’ve never understood the technical respect people have for google… it just takes your search word and inserts it into an advertisement ignorant of context... that’s all it really does …. I wrote that same program in high school back in the 80s … this ChatGPT thing might be a game changer…
ChatGPT vs Google: pic.twitter.com/53pbrVocDF
— ChatGPT (@ChatGPTGoneWild) January 10, 2023
Brussels insists Italy must surrender more of its economic sovereignty in exchange for any assistance.
The US is pressing an (over) eager Japan to develop offensive capabilities, with an eye to a conflict with China.
An illustration of how different climate-change-induced or intensified problems can interact to do even more damage.
“Apart from enabling paedophiles, it’s very difficult to find fault with the man”
- by Joel Le Forestier
- by Psyche Film
NYSE is partnering with an Israeli exchange, making it easier for Americans to invest in companies supporting Palestinian human rights abuses.
The post New Stock Listings Open Door to American Investment in the Israeli Occupation appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Phillip Aouad & Sarah Maguire