ethics in an age of austerity

... (Atkinson, 2012a) In January 2012, I gave thefifth Sandmo Lecture, with the title ‘Public economics in an age of austerity’, at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration inBergen ... within the categories of spendingand taxation We can cut current spending or we can cut government capitalinvestment We can cut spending on goods and services or can cut transfers If it is spending ... the range ofinstruments considered and (2) the underlying model of the economy and the(often implicit) economic assumptions These two points are the principalsubject of this section.Range of instruments

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2020, 09:53

... Economist Intelligence Unit The way forward Insurance in an age of customer intimacy and Internet of Things Sponsored by The way forward Insurance in an age of customer intimacy and Internet of Things ... forward Insurance in an age of customer intimacy and Internet of Things New thinking about core processing systems Daniel Greteman, senior vice-president and chief information officer, Nationwide Insurers’ ... The way forward Insurance in an age of customer intimacy and Internet of Things Q Are insurers ready for change? In which of the three areas of insurance—product, distribution, and service—do

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:25

... copies installed in the mice were programmed to remain activeeven in old age, and the improvement was passed on to their offspring.9 Of course human memory is more complicated Trang 29than recalling ... worry about the ethics of cognitiveenhancement point to the danger of creating twoclasses of human beings—those with access to en-hancement technologies, and those who mustmake do with an unaltered ... is an instrument of sexdiscrimination, typically against girls, as illustrated by the chilling sex ratios in India and China Andsome speculate that societies with substantiallymore men than women

Ngày tải lên: 05/06/2016, 12:57

... both the Bank ofSpain and the Committee for European Banking Regulators) and Jesús Trang 24Saurina (senior director at the Bank of Spain) offer insights gainedfrom supervising the banks of Europe.We ... King, Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, 10. 24 King, Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, 23. 25 King, Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, 2. 26 King, Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, 12. 27 King, Banking: ... he Trang 31joined the Bank of China in Nanjing In 1984 he worked in the bank sLondon branch where he was deputy manager of the Trade Settle-ment Division, and he later became the general manager

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2018, 09:37

... state of its political affairs and to offer an explanation behind the changes taking place The state of our democracy is at a turning point, and I am convinced that informed citizens will be in ... Virding, and Lisa Kamins Joy Thank you for making Sage a company with which I continue to enjoy working In the very early stages of this book, Linda Bendixen, a former journalist and student of ... reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval

Ngày tải lên: 09/01/2020, 10:15

... Not: Courage in an Age of Disruption Chapter 5: Keep Growing: Antifragility in an Age of Exponential Change Chapter 6: Do Unto Others: Altruism in a Digital Age Chapter 7: No One Is an Island: Collaboration ... dropping out of the workforce as it does with finding new and worthwhile jobs Nearly one in six men of working age no meaningful work at all.2 And far too many of these idle males between the ages ... considering meaning, and define information as such It doesn’t follow that information is nothing but surprise, still less that it has nothing to with meaning 18 Another, similar way to think of information

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2020, 11:01

... more akin to that of substance sortals Any given society, Hegel maintained, would contain within it the seeds of change Likewise, it was this notion of unity that combined the totality of human experience— ... more indicative of that elemental foundation than it is of a general understanding of violence In other words, the assertion of ticular contextual features of violence defined in an era of neoliberalism ... the concepts “infant,” “adolescent,” and “adult,” for example, are phase sortals Any given individual will at some point cease being an infant and become an adolescent; likewise, an adolescent

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2020, 11:01

... Not: Courage in an Age of Disruption Chapter 5: Keep Growing: Antifragility in an Age of Exponential Change Chapter 6: Do Unto Others: Altruism in a Digital Age Chapter 7: No One Is an Island: Collaboration ... dropping out of the workforce as it does with finding new and worthwhile jobs Nearly one in six men of working age no meaningful work at all.2 And far too many of these idle males between the ages ... considering meaning, and define information as such It doesn’t follow that information is nothing but surprise, still less that it has nothing to with meaning 18 Another, similar way to think of information

Ngày tải lên: 03/03/2020, 10:47

... more akin to that of substance sortals Any given society, Hegel maintained, would contain within it the seeds of change Likewise, it was this notion of unity that combined the totality of human experience— ... more indicative of that elemental foundation than it is of a general understanding of violence In other words, the assertion of ticular contextual features of violence defined in an era of neoliberalism ... the concepts “infant,” “adolescent,” and “adult,” for example, are phase sortals Any given individual will at some point cease being an infant and become an adolescent; likewise, an adolescent

Ngày tải lên: 03/03/2020, 10:47

... later Stuarts and the Hanoverians, trans-forming what was a quiet backwater into one of the most exciting periods inEnglish history In researching and writing this book I have incurred many debts.While ... wheat.church-The difficulty of disentangling the issues of nonconformity, irreligion, clericalism and finance in Hilperton can be seen by considering AnthonyRichman Sr, one of the ringleaders of those who were ... per cent of separatists in 1676 wasclose to the average in the archdiocese of Canterbury.65Wiltshire’s industry wasolder than most (and was now entering a period of decline), but cottage indus-try

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2020, 19:15

... component of any officer’s military education and training and it is taught as fully integrated with missions in the physical domains Military institutions of higher learning should be instrumental in ... and Integrated Operation (CI&IO) Department focuses on information assurance, cybersecurity, and the supporting role of information integration in the planning and execution of national and ... national and international level institutional, policy, and legal responses to cyber threats, the role of information integration in the planning and execution of national and military strategy, and

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2022, 20:58

... birthing and family planning provision, and toilets More significantly, a greater percentage of projects than matching clinics have appropriate hand-washing facilities, more sanitary toilets and ... for instance, have declined rapidly in several regions of the country over the 1990s, but remained stagnant in the central region; the urban-rural gap in infant mortality has increased significantly ... a sustainable basis in 16 poorer provinces” (World Bank, 1995) Trang 7Hypotheses and data The NHSP’s design document (World Bank and Ministry of Health 1995) paints an overall picture of “a public

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2024, 08:38

... Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany “Cass Sunstein knows more than anyone about nudging, and in this very insightful book he brings his acute reasoning to understanding the ethics ... Trang 3“In this era of intransigence and intolerance, The Ethics of Influence is a vitally needed book It embraces what all of us—left, right, and center— mutually want: a balance between ... Chicago and Harvard (and for shorter periods, at Columbiaand Yale) From the distant past, thanks to a sample of amazing thinkersand human beings: Richard Cordray, Catherine Epstein, Lisa Heinzerling,Jessica

Ngày tải lên: 03/01/2020, 10:45

... engineers, and oftenthey are not critical sources of innovation In many cases, we can take the availabil-ity of science and engineering for granted In many ways, the modern world is full ofideas ... managers, andmodern policymakers There are, however, many ways to make profit In the futuregood business may require understanding how meaning is produced . INVESTMENT AND INVENTION OF MEANING ... distribution in the Linux Software Map  LIST OF FIGURES Trang 12LIST OF TABLESTrang 13This page intentionally left blank Trang 141 Introduction According to user surveys, the Linux operating system

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:08

... from three landers (Vikings  and  and Pathfinder), gazed upon the unique surfaces of the Galilean satellites (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) of Jupiter, imaged the rings of Saturn and the ... Understanding X-ray Astronomy in the Age of Chandra and Newton Eric M. Schlegel OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS The Restless Universe This page intentionally left blank THE RESTLESS UNIVERSE Understanding ... intentionally left blank Preface cientists exploring the field of X-ray astronomy are in the midst of a time that will not come again; we enjoy the excitement of what is often called an age of discovery.

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 10:39

... medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses ofthe intellect, by favoring certain definitions of intelligence and wisdom, and by demanding a certainkind of content—in ... readers of the I-didn’t-realize-it-was-original edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death (translated into a dozen languages, including German, Indonesian, Turkish, Danish and, most recently, Chinese), ... Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other thanhuman inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”9 Because of The Age of Reason, Paine lost his standing

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:04

... putting this into practice in Afghanistan. The UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province brings together all relevant UK departments, including DFID, FCO and MOD, in support of ... Fax 028 9023 5401 Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty:The Strategic Defence and Security Review Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The Strategic Defence and Security Review 48 ... providing strategic insight and understanding, to inform policy and decision-making • provide early indications and warnings of the intentions of hostile or potentially hostile state and non-state...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 06:21

... “image” of a brand is therefore an integral part of the product, and determines the willingness to pay of consumers. Manufacturers of luxury goods invest heavily in preserving 25 For instance ... characteristics and retailer investment in the presentation of the product are in principle observable by the manufacturer (and can be verified by an outside court). Instead of providing indirect incentives ... without creating an obligation to use the channel. Policy should not hinder the adjustment of retailing structures to new ways of doing business in a rapidly changing world. 126. Forcing manufacturers...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 09:20

... like I was insulting their way of doing things, or that I was some kind of prima donna or “diva” for not wanting to be available through email. Interesting: the simple act of giving up email ... than ever before. Separate your day: a time for creating, and a time for consuming and communicating. And never the twain shall meet. You can split your day into many different combinations of ... key to many of the struggles we face these days, from being productive and achieving our goals, to getting healthy and t in the face of fast food and inactivity, to nding simplicity and peace...

Ngày tải lên: 05/01/2014, 15:25

... Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, ed. F. G. Stephens, vols. 1–4 (in 5 vols.); Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in ... Bar of the House of Commons and its committees. Eclipsing in importance any pre- vious activity, however, was the affair of Captain Porteous. Riots in Edin- burgh had resulted in the vigilante-style ... matter and by the defining Mansfield imprint. None of the transcriptions of trial notes contained in the original two- volumework is reproduced here, although manyof those cases arediscussed and cited....

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20