So, is the Greek government a massive overspender? Greek government spending as a portion of GDP is 49.5%. This compares to 56.2% for France, 43.8% for Canada, an OECD average of 44.5% and a Euro area average of 50.5%. That’s 2010 numbers. In 2007, Greece was at 46.6, France at 52.4%, Canada at 39.4% and [...More] ‘ Some notes on Greece ‘
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In late October, parliament voted against adopting Bill C-300, which would have provided some level of human rights accountability for Canadian mining (and oil and gas) companies operating beyond Canadian borders. The bill, originally introduced by Liberal MP John McKay, was defeated 140-134 by the votes of a unanimously opposed Conservative party, and supported by [...More] ‘ Human Rights Lip Service ‘ Is it the internet killing the publishing industry, or just plain old anti-competitive practices? Take the comments of Colin Robinson of OR Books on their reasons for not selling through Amazon: To sell our titles, Amazon would require a discount of 55% or even 60%, that’s $11 or $12 on a $20 book. Amazon would [...More] ‘ books, the internet, and competition law ‘ For your enjoyment, a juxtaposition, followed by an offering of sorts. First, the point: As reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education, some faculty at university business schools in the United States have begun outsourcing their grading work to India, Singapore and Malaysia. Professors, apparently, still hand out the final grades, but based on a [...More] ‘ Universities (I) ‘ If you’re younger than me, and you’ll still be under 30 by the end of December this year, then here’s [pdf] an opportunity for you. The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University here in Montreal, is hosting The Global Conference on Human Rights in Diverse Societies. It runs from October 7th [...More] ‘ For younger readers ‘ A friend and I argue science, and social science, and literature. She posits, with a grin, ‘in the end, its all anthropology.’ We bring a way of seeing to the world, we create a record, a reflection, of what we see, of what we think we see, of who we think we are. What is [...More] ‘ Am I a writer? ‘ There is a great relief in hearing bad news, at least when one was expecting bad news. On hearing that a friend has indeed died, or that an election was not only lost, but lost badly, or that a tumor is inoperable, one can often discern a heavy breath, like a boot has lifted off [...More] ‘ Bad News and Good News ‘ Last week, Sen. Romeo Dallaire spoke at the House about the Will to Intervene, (W2I) the report of a group proposing ways in which politicians, civil society and the media can assist in efforts to prevent mass atrocities. Fellow scholar Mirwais Nazhat also talked about his speech, and one the Senator had given earlier that [...More] ‘ Justice and Intervention ‘ What does it mean for an animal to be a social one? In a review of a handful of books about cognitive neuropsychology, Ziff and Rosenfeld explain one aspect of how mental processses are inherently connect to the social environment: Animals and infants conduct this miniature version of natural selection by means of what [...More] ‘ animal psychology and the frozen ark ‘ It is far from writing, and there is no way that it makes up even a hundred words. But, in justification of my addiction to 3quarksdaily, here is a sample of the random, but often striking edification that they bring into my life: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhcjeZ3o5us] There is great promise in the ability to copy and paste [...More] ‘ arts and entertainment ‘ |
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