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it the Great Recession), but the Australian economy appears to be powering ahead. It is a miracle economy! Unlike most of … economy compared to some of the OECD countries and see that, in fact, Australia has a "miracle economy". The comparisons are …
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In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is … foibles to show they are human! I contrast the general view of the role of economics in Grand Pursuit with Robert Heilbroner …
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stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … provides a new possibility for the complementary testing of theories across fields in economics. Third, we inquire how the … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. -- Economics ; happiness ; life …
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Reviewing President Carter's economic policy after his first few months in office, Professor Wertheimer assumes a critical attitude particularly towards Carter's energy package and anti-inflation policies which, in his opinion, show serious flaws, limitations and lack of imagination.
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analyses the present state of the Japanese economy and the prospects of removing the country’s huge current account surplus by …
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the implementation of the Helsinki Final Act, it is worthwhile to review the proposals made in "Basket II" (economics) and …
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There is growing awareness that development-oriented government policies may be an important counterinsurgency strategy, but existing papers are usually unable to disentangle various mechanisms. Using a regression-discontinuity design, we analyze the impact of one of the world's largest...
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