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...predictions for Europe and Asia are less fraught than they were a year ago. China continues to grow fast: last year its economy expanded a breathtaking 9.5%. The country is still sucking in huge amounts of natural resources to fuel its manufacturing boom. That in turn is a significant factor in the rising prices for oil, steel and other commodities, which is good news for producers, but--especially in the case of oil--is raising fears of a worldwide resurgence of inflation. China also has a fragile banking system that is hampered by bad loans and a weak capital base...
...welfare and tax reform, migration, and industrial relations. Although he repeatedly said such areas were "outside my area of expertise," it's disheartening that he should need to say such things at all. Four months ago the major parties fought a big-spending election, with economic management the decisive factor in John Howard's victory and scant debate about reform. From July, Howard's coalition will control the Senate and it's becoming clear that the climate of higher interest rates will be the excuse for major changes to industrial relations. Under the banner of productivity, the most vulnerable...
Such ignorance should not be an excuse at a university that prides itself in meeting the full demonstrated financial need of each student. The Financial Aid Office does not generally factor in differences in course material costs when it determines its grant packages, and instead relies on standard estimates. Thus, professors who assemble coursepacks outside of the normal price range could very well be placing undue burdens on some students, or even negatively affecting their class selection...
Wisse said that feminists are offended by Summers’ discounting of discrimination as a significant factor in the underrepresentation of women in science because his statements undermine their life’s work attempting to prove that discrimination exists...
...Brian and Matt were just able to get free and get some pretty decent looks at the basket,” Sullivan said. “I think the inexperience of the Brown defenders [was a factor...