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Global finance in crisis : America's pocketbook in peril?
No full textIn 1997 a financial crisis gripped much of Asia, forcing years of rapid economic growth to a screeching halt. Fallout from the Asian crisis sent shockwaves through economies around the world, giving rise to fears of a global meltdown. The effects of the financial crisis struck markets in Russia and Latin America, and soon reached the United States, where it threatened to hamper the prosperous American economy. With nearly a third of recent U.S. economic growth coming from exports, the meltdown abroad posed a direct threat to American profits and jobs. To examine the financial crisis of the late 1990s, host Peter Krogh sits down with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin. Prior to his service with the Clinton Administration, Rubin was with the investment bank Goldman Sachs for 26 years. As Secretary of the Treasury, Rubin played a leading role in combating and containing the growing financial crisis. Together, Dr. Krogh and Secretary Rubin discuss the origins of the economic crisis, potential measures to halt its spread, and the best means of protecting America’s economic well-being.Examines the origins of the financial crisis that took hold of the world in the late 1990s, as well as strategies to preventing such meltdowns in the future
Sean Rubin: Cook Prize 2025, Silver Medal Acceptance Speech
No full textAuthor and illustrator Sean Rubin gives an acceptance speech for The Iguanodon’s Horn (Clarion/HarperCollins)https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cook/1015/thumbnail.jp
MANOVA modelling of a chiropractic longitudinal study using multiple imputation
No full textThe purpose of this report is to present the detailed statistical analysis of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial comparing two different treatment modalities to an intervention of no known benefit for people with acute or subacute thoracic spine pain.
The therapy arms consist of Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) and Graston Technique (GT) and the placebo is a non-functional ultrasound. A placebo group was utilised because at present there are no proven treatments for non-specific thoracic pain. This trial is registered with the Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Ethics approval has been granted by Murdoch University Human Research and Ethics Committee, number 2007/274.
The aim of this three arm trial was to test the efficacy of SMT and GT as independent modalities compared to detuned ultrasound for the outcomes of pain and disability. The latter were measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and a modified Oswestry Back Pain Disability Index. The study was conducted at the Murdoch University Chiropractic student clinic in Perth, Australia, and the protocol published in Crothers et al (2008).
In this report, Section 2 provides an initial exploratory analysis of the data, Section 3 outlines the statistical models used in the final analysis, Section 4 defines these models in mathematical terms, Section 5 discusses the management of missing values via multiple imputation and Section 6 presents the results of the statistical modelling and hypothesis tests. The clinical study will be published in full elsewhere
Farewell to Social Nostalgia. Book review of: Beyond Camelot: Rethinking Politics and Law for the Modern State. By Edward L. Rubin.
No full textBook review: Beyond Camelot: Rethinking Politics and Law for the Modern State. By Edward L. Rubin. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2005. Pp.
471. Reviewed by: Peter E. QuintQuint, Peter E.. (2006). Farewell to Social Nostalgia. Book review of: Beyond Camelot: Rethinking Politics and Law for the Modern State. By Edward L. Rubin.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/170156
Puppet Motive in the Novel by D. Rubin «Punch’s Syndrome»
No full textThe article is devoted to the puppet motive in the novel by D. Rubin «Punch’s Syndrome». The author analyzes the forms and methods of representation of this motive on different levels of the novel: conceptual, compositional, narrative, figurative; the author reveals a link of motive with motives of duality, the lost childhood, of rebellion. The underlying artistic concept actually metaphorical model is analyzed like «Life is a puppet theater». Typology of images of dolls and puppeteers presented in the novel is characterized. Analysis, which has been done, determines the motive of the puppet as a figurative meaning of the core of the novel, which reflects the originality of the author's concept
Countering the Rhetoric of Emerging Domestic Markets: Why More Information Alone Will Not Address the Capital Needs of Underserved Communities
No full textThis article critiques the idea that the private sector can take the lead in addressing the capital needs of underserved communities, focusing specifically on the emerging domestic markets approach advocated by Milken Institute researchers. This approach has three limitations. First, it treats all underserved communities as interchangeable, ignoring that they differ in important ways in the nature and causes of their capital constraints. Second, it claims that underserved communities lack access to capital primarily as a result of information failure, overlooking numerous other obstacles that discourage investment in such communities. Third, its overarching assumption that the private sector can take the lead in meeting the capital needs of underserved communities is unrealistic because it fails to address these additional barriers to investment. The article recommends a more individualized approach to understanding the capital needs of underserved communities and recognition of the need for public sector leadership in solving this problem.Peer reviewe
New Jersey Charter School Funding
No full textAre New Jersey charter schools underfunded relative to district schools?
Advocates’ claims that charter schools are receiving almost 50% less than they should convinced the Christie Administration and the New Jersey Legislature to shift an additional $107.6 million from school districts to charter schools for the combined 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.
However, claims of dramatic underfunding of charter schools are based on faulty comparisons and are not accurate. The reality of charter school funding is much more complicated than advocates suggest.
There are differences in the per-pupil funding levels of individual charter schools, just as there are differences in funding levels among school districts. However, all New Jersey charter schools are receiving at least what they should under the state’s charter school law. And, some charter schools are actually funded at higher levels than their sending school districts, particularly when considering they're much less expensive to educate student populations.
The confusion surrounding charter school funding is understandable given the complexity of the charter school funding formula and the fact that the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) does not make charter school funding information accessible to the public, as it does school district data.
This report is intended to help dispel the confusion around charter school funding by providing a detailed explanation of the mechanics of that funding
New Jersey’s primary ballot design enables party insiders to pick winners
No full textThe infamous Florida butterfly ballot of 2000, which may have cost Al Gore the Presidency, highlights the dramatic consequences of bad ballot design for general election outcomes. The design of primary election ballots can also have substantial consequences by determining which candidates advance to the general election.This research brief demonstrates how a unique ballot design has been helping shape electoral outcomes in New Jersey for more than two decades, shifting the power to decide who wins primary elections away from the voters and towards a small group of party insiders who control the candidate endorsement process
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