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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...economic history and language...[Plant by Laura Malacart] Sara: What were the sources of inspiration for developing your current installation for the Who Are We? Project? What discoveries did you make in the process that have found a place in your artistic intervention? Laura: I addressed the question in Who Are We? with a brand new piece work. I think the most pressing...
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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...economic exploitation. Early agricultural production centred on tobacco and later cotton which proved unsuccessful. In need of an alternative crop, and with the assistance of the Dutch, Barbados began harvesting and cultivating sugar cane. And this was the game changer. The exponential growth in demand for sugar coupled with the autonomous, finance-driven economy that had...
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FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...economic means is pivotal and challenging in a developing country where gender, ethnic and social discrimination are still a major issue. [Photo of outside] [Photo of entrance] [Photo of the sign] [Photo of some of the equipment] [Photo of sewing machine] When I met the team in 2022 and explored avenues for collaborations between FabLab Nepal/Impact Hub Kathmandu and The...
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...economic problems faced by the UK back in 1979 been resolved? We'll be delving into the Winter of Discontent and discovering which MPs defected; exploring the state of the NHS and seeing which politicians played the right games among many more topics. Check back every week for content under our 'Countdown' heading below, and follow our campaign on Twitter using the...
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Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...economic growth rates, and that this “creativity” can be applied to the rest of the economy. This perspective stems from the Cox report which proposed that: …. The belief is that the most successful economies and societies of the twenty-first century will be creative ones. Creativity will make the difference – to businesses seeking a competitive edge, to societies...
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Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?
Money & Business

Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?

...economic cycles. One of the many rationales advanced as justifying employee-owned enterprises is the idea that workers in such enterprises will be more engaged and more productive. The suggestion is that workers in these enterprises will think and behave differently: the essential nature of that difference being that they can be expected to act more like ‘owners’: be...
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"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)
Science, Maths & Technology

"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)

...economic advantage. The ethylene vinyl acetate film is 50–100 µm thick and is heated to 100˚C; the temperature is judged by the loss in opacity of the film. After thermal softening the pattern must be uniformly coated, without wrinkles or tearing. Patterns of cast aluminium are cheaper than for “bonded” sand moulding and last longer, since the sand does not come...
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Single point cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Single point cutting

...Economic machining of a material depends on many factors: hardness of material, hardness and toughness of cutting tool, design of cutting tool, cutting fluid, metal removal rate, surface finish, tolerance, feed, speed, etc. Design: Turning Mainly for producing cylindrical (turning), flat (facing) or shaped (tapers, threads, etc.) surfaces. Tolerances vary from ±0.5 mm...
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