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Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw's Blog, 2015/02/27
This is why economists, and especially Harvard economists, have such a poor reputation. Arguing against the New York Times, Greg Mankiw maintaines that high textbook prices are justified because, if prices are too high, a competitor (like, say, the New York Times) could enter the market and undercut prices. More...
ECMI Issue Brief #39 is now online!
The Issue Brief 39 gives a general outline of current economic and political challenges in Moldova. Focusing on four key challenges specifically relevant to ethnic minorities, the Brief discusses matters from the scope of institutional, policy and legal frameworks and ethno-cultural governance. More...
ECMI Study #9 is Now Online!
The ECMI Study #9 with a title “Policy and Legislative Challenges to Non-Discrimination, Minority Protection and Diversity Issues in Ukraine” is authored by Iryna Solonenko, independent scholar, and DGAP Fellow. More...
ECMI Working Paper #104 is Now Online!
The ECMI Working Paper #104 with a title “Drafting Domestic Legislation Provisioning National Minority Rights: The Dos and Don’ts According to the Council of Europe” is authored by Ljubica Djordjević, Tove H. Malloy, and Stanislav Cernega. The paper offers an overview of technical as well as substantive matters in relation to the procedures of drafting domestic legislation on national minority rights. More...
ECMI Joins the 20th Anniversary of the FCNM with a New Publication
In 2018 the European Framework Convention for the Protection on National Minorities celebrates its 20 year anniversary. The ECMI marks the anniversary with a new ECMI InFocus Publication with the title “20 Years of Dealing with Diversity: Is the Framework Convention at a Cross-Road?” The publication is a collection of over 20 interviews with prominent experts and members of national minorities, and highlights the past, present and future expectations of the FCNM. More...
Curator
Curator
Unattributed, Twitter, 2015/04/01
Twitter is accepting applications to use Curator. "Curator enables media publishers to discover, curate and display the best Twitter content on any screen." I put my name in but I probably don't qualify. More...
Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal
Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal
Fred Barbash, Washington Post, 2015/03/31
This has been in the news for the last week or so. To me it suggests peer review is struggling to maintain its viability. Thee main scandal is a ring of people who manipulated the peer review system to support each others' works. More...
Diamond years for academic journal (Advocate 25 01)
Happy birthday to us; we’ve turned 60! Australian Universities’ Review (AUR) has been around since 1958 under one name or another. This makes it the longest-lived higher education journal in the country: an achievement to be proud of. More...
Advocate vol. 25 no. 1 out now
The first issue of NTEU Advocate for 2018, vol. 25, no. 1, is now available. Members will begin receiving copies in the mail this week (or will receive notification by email if signed up for 'soft delivery'). More...
Australian Universities' Review vol 60 no 1
The first issue of Australian Universities' Review for 2018 (vol. 60, no. 1) is now available online. Members who have opted-in will received their paper copy in the post in the coming fortnight. More...