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Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...world. Thus, you may question whether a decline in the wage share is bad if workers’ incomes are growing as they are getting a rising share of profits, e.g., via their pension funds or rents because of home ownership. While it is true that workers living within countries with a functional pension system receive a monthly transfer in the form of a pension in old-age, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...world has human rights? CHILD: Even children have rights. CHILD: Human rights are the things that every person should have. CHILD: Or be able to do. CHILD: To live a good life. CHILD: With respect and security. CHILD: Every person in the whole world has these rights. CHILD: Because each of us is born equal. CHILD: In dignity and right. CHILD: Because children are young...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...World Cup in the news currently, the shining a light on the sport of rugby shows it appearing to be making strides to tackle homophobia in sport. The most recent TV advert from Guinness stars Gareth Thomas telling his story about coming out to his team. A longer video features an interview with him about how he felt as a gay man in the world of professional rugby. The Out...
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Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...world’s most dynamic start-up clusters and the most prominent start-up ecosystem in Europe. But, as this takes place, there’s a huge need to address the industry’s gender imbalance. My research into tech accelerator programmes has found many (often unwittingly) cater for men over women. [A talk at a 2009 YCombinator event] A 2009 YCombinator event You only need to...
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Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...world, destroyed itself in fantasies that it was being colonized in turn" — historians. — Ted Scheinman (@Ted_Scheinman) June 24, 2016 Of course, this spectacular act of self-harming is more like a murder-suicide in that the damage done will not be contained to Britain and affect the rest of the world in ways that we cannot yet know but that look distinctly unpleasant...
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London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...world, causing an estimated 6.5 million premature deaths annually. “Lots of things in life we have choices about. Breathing isn’t one of them” After the wreath-laying, the organisers will establish a video link with Delhi, the city which has possibly the world’s worst air quality, with local people reporting on conditions there. On 3 December a cricket match in...
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Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...world of HIV medicine. Since the late 90s, the availability of highly active antiretroviral treatment (sometimes known as HAART) has meant that, for those able to access it, HIV has become more like a chronic condition than the fatal infection we’ve seen on our screens. [Map showing couples around the UK] Effective HIV treatment stops the virus from reproducing itself,...
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The Iliad: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Iliad: List of characters

...world, and is the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. The divine Aphrodite offers Helen to Paris, prince of Troy, as a prize for judging her the fairest of the goddesses; Paris’ abduction of Helen is the catalyst for the Trojan War. The Greek hero Menelaus is a Spartan king and the husband of Helen, whom Paris carried off to Troy. It was this abduction that led to the...
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