Posts Tagged Education
Putting the BOOM back into Economics
OK, I know, at times Economics and Economists get some bad press about their image, their character, their long explanations, their poor predictions .. their long sentences … ahem… But one thing that is not disputed is that the world still puts a lot of store in their advice. And particularly so when it comes to very big economic fluctuations. You will no doubt have seen claim and counter-claim on the benefits and costs of following this policy or that when it comes to ‘fixing’ the world economy after the latest recession.
Two names loom large in that debate: Hayek and Keynes. And now, thanks to the superb script and deft direction of the folks over at Econ Stories, Economics eduction now, literally, raps it to the masses. Watch and learn, folks. Watch and learn …
Reporting on Closing the Gap - Should we Already Expect Progress?
Posted by sangus in Development, Health, Podcast, Poverty on 24 March, 2009
For those Australians who think that Development issues are something to do with Sub-Suharan Africa, think again. There is all the terrible and tragic action happening right on our doorstep.
The recent first report card speech delivered by the PM to parliament went for 40min and by some accounts and responses, didn’t deliver a great deal.
In my opinion though, we should give the PM a break, for now at least.
When you consider the situation, to think that substantial progress would have been made in 12 months on the ‘gaps’ in health and education between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is fanciful. These are long-run statistics that capture generational change, not intra-generational progress.
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