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- Universities are failing to boost economic growth https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/02/05/universities-are-failing-to-boost-economic-growth 30 comments
- Universities and Economic Growth http://philip.greenspun.com/teaching/universities-and-economic-growth 24 comments
- Universities are failing to boost economic growth https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/02/05/universities-are-failing-to-boost-economic-growth 38 comments economics
- Back when the USA had its fastest ever scientific progress and economic growth, most of its research was done through industrial R&D labs. Now research is done in universities. Is this a coincidence? https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-rd-lab/ 84 comments truereddit
- Overconsumption & growth economy key drivers of environmental crises | Co-author & professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Leeds says affluence is often portrayed as something to aspire to. "But our paper has shown that it's actually dangerous and leads to planetary-scale destruction. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-overconsumption-growth-economy-key-drivers.html 13 comments worldnews
- Trump's universal tariffs would stifle economy, fuel inflation - White House. "Combining a sweeping tariff tax on the middle class with more trickle-down tax welfare for rich special interests would stifle economic growth and fuel inflation." https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-universal-tariffs-would-stifle-economy-fuel-inflation-white-house-2023-08-23/ 9 comments economy
- Republicans who control the purse strings have embraced a tax-cut strategy toward economic growth that hasn’t worked in the short run and has no credible support among economists that it will work long-term, either. Meanwhile, the strategy is short-changing universities and public schools. http://azdailysun.com/news/opinion/editorial/education-numbers-in-arizona-just-aren-t-adding-up/article_35cb20eb-aafc-516f-bced-acf2168618d7.html 15 comments politics
- A recent paper by Princeton University economists: Dem administrations better for economic growth, industrial production, unemployment rate, stock market returns, and income growth for all Americans. "Presidents and the Economy: A Forensic Investigation" http://www.princeton.edu/~mwatson/papers/presidents_blinder_watson_nov2013.pdf 46 comments politics