Archive for July 23rd, 2007
links for 2007-07-23
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Even the ECB were more transparent, its decisions are bound to be controversial, if not always, at least quite often. This implies that the ECB has an important advocacy responsibility to perform.
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A new paper by Marta Felis Rota … Evidence for path dependence is weak; all countries enjoy long-run increases in social capital but rates of change vary widely
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It has taken a long time to confirm that computers boost productivity. The key seems to lie in management and internal organisation. That’s why IT has helped US firms so much more than their European counterparts.
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…Utgångspunkten har varit, och är ofta fortfarande, att medborgare ska betraktas som rädda, hjälplösa, omyndiga och i behov av en överhet som bestämmer och ordnar…
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Taking the mickey out of these criminals is a serious necessity – by laughing at them we deny them all dignity