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Axing the Baby Bonus - revisiting economic incentives

andrewwilliamsecon wrote 1 week ago: Couldn’t help but note the decision in the latest Federal budget to (largely) scrap the Baby B … more →

Tags: Government Policy, Microeconomics, Baby Bonus

Resistance and Collaboration: imposing and enforcing colonial rule

Amy CT wrote 1 month ago: The issues of resistance and collaboration have dogged the writing of African history since the star … more →

Tags: Historiography, Resistance 2, Collaboration 2, History, Historiography, Africa, Résistance, Collaboration, colonial rule

Residential Toolbox Grant Program

salemhlc wrote 2 months ago: In addition to seeking available grant funds, donations from generous private citizens have since be … more →

Tags: incentives

Has Politics Failed the Environment?

Shahira Emara wrote 2 months ago: Among the most controversial regional questions of our age are how serious is environmental degradat … more →

Tags: ERF 19th Annual Conference, ERF Annual Conference, ERF Events, Air, climat change, Environment, hala abou-ali, Mena, Politics

Why Can't We Have a President that is Fiscally Conservative AND Socially Liberal?

Melissa McCauley wrote 6 months ago: I voted. I have done my civic duty in this 2012 U.S. presidential election. But it wasn’t all … more →

Tags: Politics, Government, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, fiscal conservative, Socially Liberal

Media Mining Digest 36 – Jul 20, 2012: Nanotechnology, Green Graves, Jailbreaking and Rooting, Global Warming Opportunities, Printing Nerve and Muscle Cells, iPad Use in Western Australia Schools, Crony Capitalism again, Economic Incentives, Drug Abuse, Microphones by Bob Heil, Smooth Muscle Man, Peru's Gold Rush

virginiajim wrote 10 months ago: The following audio files were selected from a larger group of 85. The link to each item’s podcast i … more →

Tags: nanotechnology, green graves, jailbreaking, rooting, kindle, iPad, Global Warming, printing nerves, nerve cells

Boom-Towning the US - Economic One-Upsmanship by Texasizing11 comments

Old Jules wrote 10 months ago: Good morning readers.  Thanks for coming by for a read this morning. When the neighbor from up the h … more →

Tags: Human Behavior, Current Issues, Texas, Politics, 2012, Government 2, politicians, Environment, Lifestyle

Data Centers as Societal Infrastructure

Michael Siteman wrote 11 months ago: At first glance, it probably seems like an oxymoron to juxtapose the concept of a data center and so … more →

Tags: Data centers, Data Centers, sustainability, tax rebates, incentives, data center employment

Portrait of An Economic Illiterate and Obama Kool Aid Drinker: Nick Hanauer's Hoax at TED Conference--Videos

Raymond Thomas Pronk wrote 11 months ago: A TED Talk on Income Inequality by Nick Hanauer Afterburner with Bill Whittle: Rich Man, Poor Man … more →

Tags: American history, Blogroll, Business, College, Economics, Education, Employment, Federal Government Budget, Fiscal Policy

Presenting at Metropool Forum 2012

wendytangz wrote 12 months ago: On 29th of May, Hans Koster and myself presented an opinion piece at the Metropool Forum hosted by t … more →

Tags: Institutionele prikkels voor knooppuntontwikkeling, Economische betekenis, Consortium, Miscellaneous, Metropolitan Strategy, institutional barriers, new perspectives, institutional changes, knooppuntontwikkeling

Amature Sporting Events Tax Credit Blocked

jmbutler13 wrote 1 year ago: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX) - Missouri senators blocked a vote on a tax credit aimed at bringing amat … more →

Tags: Business, Local News, News, Politics, Syndicated Local, amature sports, China Hub, create jobs, Governor Jay Nixon

your business partner. your friend. your family.

nolic.wee wrote 1 year ago: Every hand shake, every nod on the street and every interaction; may all lead to social capital. Hav … more →

Tags: Connect .s, Strictly Speaking Economics..., Government, Public Policy, incentives, Drive, social capital, Job, Capital

West Plains manufacturer plans major expansion, including up to 200 new jobs, governor announces

hillnholler wrote 1 year ago: West Plains, Mo. — In what he called the latest example of the manufacturing sector’s resurgence in … more →

Tags: News, Jobs, West Plains Mo, Gov. Jay Nixon, Invensys Controls, Expansion, Manufacturer

Investing in Your Legacy (Part I)1 comment

Field Sport Concepts wrote 1 year ago: Photo courtesy of Bo Prieskorn [This is Part One of a two-part series, originally published on LandT … more →

Tags: Conservation Finance, conservation easement, Bureau of Land Management, The Land Report, Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program, Conservation Reserve Program, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

Joe Jackson wrote 1 year ago: The amount, in dollars, that Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang is expected to hand out in tax … more →

Tags: China, U. S., e-u, U K, Business, World, Hong Kong, Debt, budget deficit

Do the 1 percent carry the rest of us?

philebersole wrote 1 year ago: There are two ways to interpret this chart.  One is that 1 percent of the American population are Jo … more →

Tags: Economy and Business, Income Distribution, The 1% and the 99%, Income and Productivity

Stockholm successfully applies fun theory to fight speeding

Markus Berensson wrote 1 year ago: Fun theory is the idea that you can change people’s behavior by rewarding them with something … more →

Tags: Economics 2, Sweden, Stockholm, Traffic, fun theory, Volkswagen, incentives, Speeding, Safety

Staking a Claim on the Cloud

DSA Encore wrote 1 year ago: According to a recently published report from Jones Lang LaSalle, the number of U.S. communities act … more →

Tags: Data Center Real Estate, data center, Real Estate

The cost of urban intensification2 comments

Kent Hakull wrote 1 year ago: Laura Murr commented on my previous post, raising concerns over the financial incentives provided by … more →

Tags: Urban Planning, Downtown Guelph, Downtown Secondary Plan, Greater Golden Horseshoe, Pierre Filion, Places to Grow, University of Waterloo, Laura Murr, cost of intensification


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