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...developed nations institute tough carbon caps and drive out carbon-intensive industries, which will set up in uncapped developing nations - as cap-and-trade opponents allege. Or has any leakage that will occur already occurred? If industry hasn't already been outsourced from developed nations due to their higher labor costs and other disadvantages, a carbon cap may not make a difference. "The study definitely cuts both ways," says Davis. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...suggest noncooperative students be placed in a public-service program and spend their schooltime doing menial labor in municipal parks and buildings. Some will drop out; others will see the advantages of learning and cooperation and return to class. Competition and incentives are necessary to succeed in the real world...
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Greece's capital on Feb. 24 to protest government austerity measures designed to dent the national debt. The march was organized by labor unions to coincide with the second 24-hour strike in two weeks, which grounded planes, stopped public transportation and shuttered schools. The recently announced belt-tightening measures include tax hikes and government wage freezes. Greece faces a budget deficit estimated at 12.7% of GDP and the possibility of being the first nation to default among the 16 countries that use the euro...
...business. There are parties and festivals and things like that. People dress up, and if people consider that glamorous, then I guess it is. But there is a reason why people call it production—it’s a manufacturing industry ,and it’s very labor-intensive. I’ve done many different professions, and direction and producing a film is by far the hardest thing that you can do. It’s all-consuming, and that part isn’t glamorous. But when it does come time for you to put your...
...most egregious example was Reid allowing Baucus to dawdle for three months, attempting to cut a deal with the Republicans on the Finance Committee, during which time support for the bill curdled as Tea Party Summer unfolded. The Democrats also allowed their own special interests - the lawyers, the labor unions - as well as individual members to barnacle the bill with codicils and special deals that worked against the greater good...