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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 17:20

CEPR has long viewed disability as an economic issue of fundamental importance. This past year CEPR  launched a project to expand and deepen our work along these lines. As part of a groundbreaking initiative called the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative (DEJC). CEPR joined over 20 leading disability advocacy organizations and top research organizations with a […]

The post CEPR Spotlight: Disability appeared first on Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 10:08

The Fed’s Response to Inflation May Pose a Bigger Threat than the Inflation Itself Los Angeles Times Newsday Portland Press Herald Central Maine Today Press of Atlantic City The Sun Chronicle Waco Tribune-Herald The Guam Daily Post The Meadville Tribune The Morning Call Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Yahoo News ArcaMax See article on original site Do […]

The post Inflation Is Falling Much Faster than Most People Know appeared first on Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 10:00

Plans for the Doctor’s adventures in 2024 are slowly being revealed! Talking exclusively with Doctor Who Magazine in issue 585 (in all good newsagents now), showrunner Russell T Davies has revealed the number of episodes of Ncuti Gatwa’s adventures fans can expect in 2024. Series Fourteen will contain eight episodes in total. Plus there will […]

The post Doctor Who Series 14: Number of Episodes Confirmed appeared first on Blogtor Who.

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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 09:06

A report from the Australia Institute’s Democracy & Accountability Program represents the largest and most comprehensive domestic study of the practice of cronyism in relation to appointments to a government agency ever conducted in Australia. This was recorded on Wednesday 12th October 2022 and things may have changed since recording. The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

The post Shining a Light on Cronyism appeared first on The Australia Institute.

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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 08:05

Join us Thursday, December 15 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, for a special edition of our monthly call. (Convert to your local time zone.)

Our usual informal get-together will be even more so, as we gather to celebrate the season with friends old and new.  We may end up talking shop -- since that's what happens when you get any two Drupalists in a room together -- but no specific topics are on the agenda this month.  (That said, if you've got something specific on your mind, feel free to share ahead of time in our collaborative Google doc: https://nten.org/drupal/notes!)

All nonprofit Drupal devs and users, regardless of experience level, are always welcome on this call.

This free call is sponsored by NTEN.org and open to everyone. 

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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 07:04


How the Corporate Takeover of American Politics Began

The corporate takeover of American politics started with a man and a memo you’ve probably never heard of.

In 1971, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked Lewis Powell, a corporate attorney who would go on to become a Supreme Court justice, to draft a memo on the state of the country.

Powell’s memo argued that the American economic system was “under broad attack” from consumer, labor, and environmental groups.

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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 06:55
A necessary condition of becoming an Examination (or Prize) Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, is taking an exam. The exam consists of four three-hour essay tests, or “papers.” Two of these are in your chosen specialist subject—Classical Studies, Law, History, English Literature, Economics, Politics, or Philosophy—and the other two are general tests and ask questions on a variety of topics. What questions have been on the philosophy exams? They change each year. Typically candidates are given around 30 questions for each test, from which they must choose three to answer. The exams cover a variety of philosophical topics, from classic questions to contemporary work. Below are the questions from the two 2022 philosophy exams: PHILOSOPHY I ‘If there is a god, they will look benevolently upon atheists.’ Discuss. Is disability primarily a social phenomenon? Is the principle of bivalence incompatible with free action? ‘Anything that exists is (exactly) one Therefore, to be many is not to exist.’ Discuss. Can there be vague objects? Can there be time without change? Change without time? Is it possible to define truth?