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Editors' Picks - 27 April 2014

Editors' Picks - 27 April 2014

This week in Editors’ Picks we examine a diverse set of issues and topics, including Australian university fees, the legalisation of drugs, Piketty’s Capital, prospects for Russian businesses, and Australia’s general good fortune socially and economically. Uni fees: Let the free market rip to create an Aussie Harvard

The World This Week with ESSA

The World This Week with ESSA

ESSA, 19 August 2012 – World Economy Where Are All These Summer Workers Coming From? – PBS In the united states ‘seasonal workers’, those who are only in the US for 2-3 months in temporary jobs are on the rise. PBS newshour has conducted a research into where all of these workers

The Accidental Economist

The Accidental Economist

Gilbert White was an 18th century parson-naturalist who devoted his time studying the interactions within the natural environment of his local parish, Selborne. In retrospect, he can be regarded as today’s amateur ecologist. Notable for his eccentricities (White is rumoured to have played the trumpet to his pet tortoise

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Becoming a Better Economist

Dr. Oliver Marc Hartwich Traditional rankings of the least trustworthy professions always deliver the same result. Politicians, taxi drivers and journalists come out on top. However, in the wake of the financial crisis economists can no longer be far behind. At least jokes about hapless economists are not in short