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...concentrator. We here at FM fear these two groups might merge into one, soon creating tons of beautiful half Asian children that love solid Confucian values almost as much as they love the snappin’ melodies of Coldplay.[1] The best way to ensure academic excellence is to demand it.[2] So THAT’S where they’ve been![3] Kirby Puckett. That’s who. And maybe Greg Ostertag...
...spite of his initial uncertainty, there has been a high demand for Throntveit’s teaching. This year alone, he introduced two new courses to the history department, History 1452: “American Politics and Society, Reconstruction to the Present” and History 1461: “War and the World of Ideas in America, Civil War to Iraq...
...Because SOE revenues depend less on internal and external demand and more on government spending, Huang says, "the state sector can simply produce without regard to market demand whereas the private sector cannot. This is why in a situation like this when the market demand has just collapsed the only one that is left standing is the state sector...
...chief concerns is that over-reliance on government spending for growth will undermine a Chinese economic goal: boosting consumer spending to achieve a more balanced economy, one that is less dependent upon consumer demand from the U.S. and Europe for growth. "The biggest problem with the state-centric growth model is it does not put much income into the pockets of the average Chinese and therefore it does not raise consumption," says Huang. "A year or two from now, suppose that the U.S. does not resume its previous pace of consumption -which is very likely- then the huge state-sector...
...SOEs in heavy industries like steelmaking increase production at a time when ordinary market demand is falling, they could be driven to dump their products cheaply abroad when government spending stops. This could touch off protectionism in other countries, which would ultimately harm China, says Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University...