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The Social Contract and Constitutional Republics

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Sir James Goldsmith on Globalisation

In this Charlie Rose video, he interviews Sir James Goldsmithvideo from 1994 . It’s a discussion on globalisation, and how outsourcing of capital to China is destabalising the US economy (in 1994!). Goldsmith is clearly a very clever man who doesn’t suffer fools gladly (he wipes the floor with Laura Tyson in the debate). http://www.jargon-free.com/sir-james-goldsmith-on-globalisation/160/

Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society

I t’s no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105

Marginal Revolution

Going as far back as Andrew Weiss’s survey paper , there are various attempts to argue that the two theories make the same predictions about earnings and education. A randomly elevated individual will earn more money but is this from having learned more or from being pooled with a more productive set of peers? http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/
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Thu 7 Oct 2010 – Although CO2 emissions, which remain in the atmosphere for over 100 years, are considered the main culprit for global warming, other short-lived components and compounds contribute significantly to the climate impact of transportation, with the magnitude varying over time. http://www.greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=945

Study seeks to unravel the complexity of how air travel compares with other transport modes on climate impact on GreenAir Online