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Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data

Jackson, James K.; Foreign Affairs, Defense - 2008

losses have disproportionately negative impact on local communities. Economists generally argue that free and unimpeded …

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Perils of simplistic classifications of universities : a preliminary case study of economic departments

Gangopadhyay, Partha; Gangopadhyay, Renu - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2005

Universities represent a highly complex organizational structure that is beset with serious informational problems. A simplistic allocation rule based on university rankings is sometimes applied to fund disciplines/departments in order to promote efficiency. This study shows the pitfalls of...

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The incoherent emperor : a heterodox critique of neoclassical microeconomic theory

Lee, Frederic S.; Keen, Steve - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2004

It is somewhat common for heterodox economists to come to the defense of neoclassical microeconomic theory. This is due … to many reasons, but perhaps the commonest one is ignorance. It seems that most heterodox economists are not aware of the …

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The two tribes of 'The Econ': A study of economists and economic media commentary in Australia

Millmow, Alex; Courvisanos, Jerry - 2007

current economic issues. This has implications for the acceptance of economic policy since these economists are apt to uphold … the interests of their employer. In contrast, academic economists suffer from a lack of recognition and reach in the media … generation of academic economists, in contrast to previous generations, is becoming reticent on matters of public policy. …

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Scarcity and Growth in the New Millennium: Summary

Simpson, R. David; Toman, Michael A.; Ayres, Robert U. - 2004

In their 1963 classic Scarcity and Growth Howard Barnett and Chandler Morse argued that resource scarcity did not threaten economic growth. A second investigation in the late 1970s, Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered, reached largely the same conclusion. The 25 years since that work was published...

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Innovation

Smith, KH - 2002

Innovation is novelty - it involves doing new things in new ways. So new products, new processes, new organizational methods, new services, and so on, are all part of innovation. Technological innovation transforms and improves the technical attributes and performance characteristics of products...

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From the representative to the equilibrium firm : why Marshall was not a Marshallian

Hart, Neil; Arena, R.; Que?re?, Michel - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2003

The representative firm has been a much-criticized concept, subject to conflicting interpretations with respect to both its configuration and its intended role in Marshall's Principles (the Principles).2 The concept found itself a focal point of much of the debate during the significant cost...

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