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The Conversation : des analyses de l’actualité par des universitaires et chercheurs

The Conversation : des analyses de l’actualité par des universitaires et chercheurs

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Colonel Dunlap's Coup - 93.01 January 1993 A fictionalized essay that has been circulating within the Pentagon offers a blunt warning on several fronts. by Thomas E. Ricks Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets Everybody lies. People lie about how many drinks they had on the way home. They lie about how often they go to the gym, how much those new shoes cost, whether they read that book. They call in sick when they’re not. They say they’ll be in touch when they won’t. They say it’s not about you when it is. These three firms own corporate America A fundamental change is underway in stock market investing, and the spin-off effects are poised to dramatically impact corporate America. In the past, individuals and large institutions mostly invested in actively managed mutual funds, such as Fidelity, in which fund managers pick stocks with the aim of beating the market. But since the financial crisis of 2008, investors have shifted to index funds, which replicate established stock indices, such as the S&P 500. The magnitude of the change is astounding: from 2007 to 2016, actively managed funds have recorded outflows of roughly US$1,200 billion, while index funds had inflows of over US$1,400 billion. In the first quarter of 2017, index funds brought in more than US$200 billion – the highest quarterly value on record. Democratising the market?

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School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Member of the Coalition for Research into the Evolution of Australian Terrestrial Ecosystems (CREATE) Appointments Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW: 1989-presentDean of the Faculty of Science, UNSW: 2004-2009Director, Australian Museum: 1999-2003Associate Professor, School of Zoology, UNSW: 1985-1989Senior Lecturer, School of Zoology, UNSW: 1980-1985Lecturer, School of Zoology, UNSW: 1978-1980Curator of Modern and Fossil Mammals, Queensland Museum: 1972-1978ARC Researcher, WAM: 1968-71Fulbright Scholar, Western Australian Museum: 1967 and 1968 Honours, Awards, Research Associateships etc. Fellowships in learned societies/organisations

Introducing the First Draft Coalition – First Draft Imagine the following situation: you’re sitting at your computer or looking at your mobile phone, when suddenly you come across a powerful first-person video on YouTube, or a visceral image on Twitter, depicting a breaking news event. You want to share it, but it’s coming from a source or a person you’ve never heard of before so you find yourself wondering… “is this real?” If you’re a journalist working in a newsroom today, it’s likely you’ve found yourself in this situation many times before, if not many times a day.

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