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...senior lecturer in geography at the University of Liverpool and the author of two books on the subject. He refers to the "scrips" issued in the U.S. and Europe during the Great Depression that kept money flowing and the massive barter exchanges involving millions of people that emerged amid runaway inflation in Argentina in 2000. "People were kept from starving [this way]," he says. (Find out 10 things to do with your money...
...talk took place amid an unprecedented global economic crisis that started in the United States but is rippling around the globe and now challenging the Chinese economy that has been booming for more than two decades...
Last year amid soaring food prices, HUDS faced budget difficulties that led to menu changes, which included replacing chicken breast meat with thigh meat and cherry tomatoes with wedge tomatoes...
...akin to teaching post-docs. This signifies the positive development of an admirable initiative, as these recent Ph.D. recipients face stiff competition in the dwindling job market and are less likely than ever to find employment elsewhere. It is also important that the university continues to prioritize teaching even amid dire economic straits, and access to these new positions early in their careers might encourage post-docs to continue teaching rather than leave academia altogether...
...Blagojevich who continues to be the target of public outrage. Talk-radio hosts in the state fielded calls from citizens who wondered how the governor could attempt anything so brazen amid what were clearly ongoing federal investigations into some of his activities. "It's as if it didn't register [with Blagojevich]," says Jay Stewart, executive director of the Illinois Better Government Association, in Chicago. "Even by our crass, low standards in Illinois, it's stunning." Most polls had the governor's approval rating in the low two digits, from 16% to about 25%, but a recent survey had Blago...