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...course packs violate copyright laws. Georgia State’s program is cost-effective for students, but it does not account for the importance of intellectual property, and schools need to find a way to satisfy the needs of both parties. Universities should make an effort to shoulder the burden of copyright costs that hike up the price of textbooks. In doing so, however, they must creatively lower costs while remaining within the confines of the law. Although copyright law leads to hundred-dollar course packs that are costly to universities and students, intellectual property law ensures the ongoing production...
...chronically ill patients who are hospitalized for months or years, knowing that they are leaving loved ones deep in medical bills is yet another burden to carry...
...been its armies of cheap workers, but that edge is getting dull. Labor costs have increased 50% in the past four years across southeastern provinces--an area of China sometimes called the "workshop of the world"--and a new labor law passed by Beijing will only add to the burden. Jonathan Anderson, an economist at UBS in Hong Kong, says factory owners in southern China believe the new law will drive labor costs an additional 10% to 25% higher. Among other provisions, the new law entitles laid-off workers to one month of severance pay for every year of employment...
Economists such as Lugalia questioned the wisdom of taking on the burden of new government ministries - with their attendant offices, staff, bodyguards and state-issued luxury cars - at a time when the Kenyan economy is slowing down and hundreds of thousands of displaced people still need help. The Institute of Certified Public Accountants has said the country will not be able to afford the financial burden of several new ministries, which it estimated would each cost 8.8 billion shillings (about $140 million) per year...
...Would the burden of an additional 40 or so students spread over the twelve Houses really have been so great? If so, can we expect the administration to also do away with the infamous Z-list, a small group of admits, often legacies from privileged backgrounds, that Harvard asks to take a year off before they can matriculate...