Here is a well presented, and easy to understand source of information on a philosophy of economics which demonstrates how we can do better if we move away from an economy (neo-classical) based on continual growth to a system known as Steady State Economy. The Center for the...
A return to booming economic growth would put the world back on the path to disaster -- it's time for a radical rethinking.~Bigger isn't Better, By Peter A. Victor.~ " There's nothing like a good crisis to make us rethink old ideas. The Depression of the 1930s led to the...
Something horrible is eating Stanley, 8 who is based in Kenya. His mum just wants to know what it is. She first noticed an odd black patch on her baby’s stomach when she held him for the first time. However,...
" People believe widely that corruption hampers economic growth. But in East Asia the experts have noted the seeming paradox of high corruption and high growth occurring together. And they...
"Why is fertility rate important? Fertility rate is, basically, the number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime. If the average woman has exactly two children in her lifetime, this is just...
Since returning to Melbourne seven years ago, I've been amazed at the growth in N.E. Melbourne, very close to the area where our friends and acquaintances perished in the Black Saturday blaze. I thought the growth was due to inner city "yuppies" selling their houses at the...
This is definitely a bad news for those hopefuls who were relying on the Chinese momentum of growth for the recovery of the world from the recession.The multiple level forecasting is just one more step in the...
Startups and startup executives all over Silicon Valley intensely debate around how, when and how much governance startups should apply to their operations when considering the challenges facing them at the moment and the challenges that lie ahead. These sometimes...
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The signs of worldwide economic downturns have started showing in world's second fastest growing economy India. India's econmy grew at its lowest rate in almost six years in the third quaeter ending at December. The slowdown has raised questions about projected growth for...
Even though economic growth is slowing down all over the world, growth in Indian economy is on expected lines.Indian economy is likely to grow by around 6.5-7 per cent in the current fiscal, the advance data for which would be out tomorrow, against 9 per cent in the previous...
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced the slowest coral growth ever in the past 400 years. This decline of growth rate puts the species that the reef supports in danger of not being able to sustain them...
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New Years should begin on any day other than 1 January. From the moment the Australians begin their spectacular firework display over Sydney harbour at their midnight, which is hours before everyone else in the world, they generate in other nations a mood of euphoria, of...
""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...
Scotland plans to fund their economic growth through the renewable energy capacity of their forests. The government wants communities, landowners and forestry individuals to allow woodlands to be used in...
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[New players challenge world order Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called Brics, are predicted to emerge as major world players by 2050. In this,...
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