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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: brendan on March 18, 2008, 07:51:31 pm

Title: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on March 18, 2008, 07:51:31 pm
Greg Mankiw on free trade
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16view.html?_r=1&ex=1363320000&en=87bab26528ec03d0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

Greg Mankiw on Bear Stearns bail out
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2008/03/bs-bailout.html

Alan Greenspan on the credit crisis
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edbdbcf6-f360-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

Alan Blinder on the credit crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702152.html
Title: Re: Business and economics news
Post by: brendan on March 18, 2008, 08:08:09 pm
Reserve Bank of Australia Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Board
http://www.rba.gov.au/MonetaryPolicy/RBABoardMinutes/2008/rba_board_min_04032008.html
Title: Re: Business and economics news
Post by: brendan on March 20, 2008, 07:50:24 pm
three sources of inflation
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/995
Title: Re: Business and economics news
Post by: brendan on March 20, 2008, 09:57:31 pm
Former Fed Chairman, Paul Volcker on the credit crisis
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/03/18/volcker-feds-extreme-intervention-raises-some-real-questions/?mod=fpa_blogs
Title: Re: Business and economics news
Post by: brendan on March 30, 2008, 03:48:09 pm
Blame Federal Gov't, Not The Fed, For Subprime Mortgage Problems
EFFREY ROGERS HUMMEL is an assistant professor of economics at San Jose State University.
DAVID R. HENDERSON, a research fellow with the Hoover Institution and an associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School, is the editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1502&status=article&id=291507506135021
Title: Re: Business and economics news
Post by: brendan on March 31, 2008, 10:53:38 pm
Lawrence Summers
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/073802f2-fe6c-11dc-9e04-000077b07658.html
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 01, 2008, 07:20:48 pm
Students face stress alone
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23467630-12332,00.html

Einsteins in the making
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/einsteins-in-the-making/2008/03/31/1206850804793.html?page=fullpage

Is the Non-Profit World Teeming With Fraud?
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/is-the-non-profit-world-teeming-with-fraud/

The Immigrant Gap
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120701430488579221.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

A Boy the Bullies Love to Beat Up, Repeatedly
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/us/24land.html?ei=5088&en=d6308e4d8eb80498&ex=1364788800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 01, 2008, 07:52:42 pm
Teacher abuse was factor in death: mum
http://news.theage.com.au/teacher-abuse-was-factor-in-death-mum/20080331-22mm.html

Selective schools: gifted kids' choice
http://www.theage.com.au/news/parenting/selective-schools-gifted-kids-choice/2008/03/31/1206850894178.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: Rietie on April 01, 2008, 08:51:31 pm
Do you just have a whole heap of bookmarks on your computer? Where do you find all this info?
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 01, 2008, 09:48:00 pm
lol i read RSS feeds?
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 03, 2008, 12:44:13 am
Did preparation for Earth Hour defeat its purpose?
http://catchwa.org/2008/03/was-earth-hour-a-joke-again/

Two new selective schools to target brightest students
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/two-new-selective-schools-to-target-brightest-students/2008/04/01/1206850910991.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

Business to back internships
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23468673-12332,00.html?from=public_rss

student internships
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23468671-12332,00.html?from=public_rss
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 03, 2008, 10:42:16 pm
Why Hitler Chose the Jews
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/04/why_hitler_chos.html

Weaning Teenagers Off Gossip, for One Hour at a Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/nyregion/27gossip.html?ex=1364961600&en=c3fc57bd7b66acfe&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

How much is an immigrant's life worth, exactly? One-Fifth of an American
http://www.slate.com/id/2168060/
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 04, 2008, 09:19:38 am
The Doping Dilemma
Game theory helps to explain the pervasive abuse of drugs in cycling, baseball and other sports
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-doping-dilemma

The Complexities of Cost
http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/trachtenberg/universities-are-string-quartets
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 04, 2008, 04:26:35 pm
A profile of the prominent macroeconomist.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2008/03/people.htm

The Virtues of Small Enterprise
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/04/the_virtues_of.html

School’s New Rule for Pupils in Trouble: No Fun
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/education/04middle.html?ex=1365048000&en=caae1635160c25b4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Tariffs cost the nation $7.7bn
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23480846-462,00.html

The Productivity Commission's Trade & Assistance Review 2006-07
http://www.pc.gov.au/research/annualreportseries/tar0607
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 05, 2008, 06:08:37 pm

Study Finds Women’s JDs and MBAs Hazardous to Marital Health
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2008/04/02/study-finds-womens-mbas-hazardous-to-marital-health/?mod=WSJBlog

RBA Governor's Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics
http://rba.gov.au/Speeches/2008/sp_gov_040408.html
Handsard Transcript
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/commttee/R10715.pdf
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 07, 2008, 09:04:07 pm
Three keys to improving our schools by Jennifer Buckingham
http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/three-keys-to-improving-our-schools/2008/04/05/1207249479267.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

The Fed Gets a New Job Description by ROBERT J. SHILLER
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/business/06view.html?_r=2&ex=1365134400&en=a54ef373a2046f2a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Starbucks and 'Laissez Faire' By DAVID BOAZ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120752454414093553.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

The Colombia Trade Stakes By CONDOLEEZZA RICE
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120752405599893543.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Note from the dean: Send after U.S. News rankings are published by Gregory M. Stein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0406rankingsapr06,0,3372512.story
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 16, 2008, 12:52:48 am
Unis cater mainly to offspring of wealthy
http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/beducationb-unis-cater-mainly-to-offspring-of-wealthy/2008/04/15/1208025189619.html

Struggling schools in line for help
http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/struggling-schools-in-line-for-help/2008/04/15/1208025189654.html

'Train more graduates, not tradies': uni study
http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/train-more-graduates-not-tradies-uni-study/2008/04/15/1208025195870.html

Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
By MARTIN FELDSTEIN
Mr. Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan, is a professor at Harvard and a member of The Wall Street Journal's board of contributors.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120822025943314699.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Congestion taxes
Jeff Zupan is a senior fellow for transportation at the Regional Plan Association — an independent, not-for-profit, regional planning organization which testified to the New York State Assembly in support of congestion pricing.
Todd Litman (founder of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute)
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/what-didnt-we-know-about-congestion-pricing/

Plan to set the price of parking based on market conditions:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/14/MNTO104818.DTL
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on April 20, 2008, 12:17:00 am
Airlines Are Safer Than Ever
By CLIFFORD WINSTON and ROBERT W. CRANDALL
Messrs. Winston and Crandall are senior fellows in the economic studies program of the Brookings Institution. Mr. Winston is the author of "Government Failure Versus Market Failure" (Brookings Institution Press, 2006).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120856322751028003.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: brendan on May 15, 2008, 10:23:53 pm
Children destined to fail without the basics of learning
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23695370-13881,00.html

School result reports backed
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23694593-5017017,00.html

Results back principal's return to instruction
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/results-back-principals-return-to-instruction/2008/05/09/1210131265814.html

THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY: THEN AND NOW
Glenn Stevens, Governor of the RBA
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/files/stevens-15may2008.pdf
Title: Re: Brendan's assorted links
Post by: Odette on May 15, 2008, 10:35:38 pm
Starbucks and 'Laissez Faire' By DAVID BOAZ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120752454414093553.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Hmm could be used as an example of a laissez faire company... busman students! :)