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Who's taking over the NHS?
The main actors in the new GP consortia ... this is the who's who, the ones with bloody hands taking the 30 pieces of silver
The new Baffler. Back in the nineties, published out of Chicago and edited by Thomas Frank, The Baffler articulated an anti-cool sort of cool that appealed to young readers and writers on the margins of journalism and academia, subjecting the iconic brands of consumer capitalism to a quasi-Marxist critical scrutiny. During the Bush years it went out of business. Now it’s back, with a table of contents largely devoted to the economic crisis: a perfect moment for The Baffler’s kind of cultural criticism to be revived.
On August 29, 1619, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who served as Minister of Finances under the rule of Louis XIV., was born. Colbert's innovative financial politics was one of the basic pillars of French absolutism and was about to change the world into a modern economy.
‘Private equity’s undisclosed business model is value capture through financial engineering focused on the enrichment of a managerial elite, with mass investors mainly involved in providing the cheap debt which makes the whole thing possible.’ Julie Froud and Karel Williams, Private Equity and the Culture of Value Extraction, New Political Economy, 2007
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) could become the first mainstream higher education institute to become a private company.
UCLAN announced to staff last week that it is seeking to dissolve its corporate form to become a private company, raising fears among staff that the institution could become a for-profit enterprise
Europäische Banken im Stresstest: Können europäische Finanzinstitute ohne steuergeldliche Zuwendungen überhaupt weiter fortbestehen? Vieles spricht dagegen, doch sollte man auch hier keine voreiligen Schlüsse ziehen. Dass die Lage bei Weitem nicht so dramatisch ist, wie Uns von den Massenmedien suggeriert wird, stellen jüngste Angaben auf Rückzahlung der Kredite bei der EZB klar, wonach 278 Banken ihre Schuld bei der EZB bereits vor dem Ablauf der dreijährigen Zahlungsfrist in Höhe von 137,2 Milliarden Euro beglichen haben. Die teilweise in staatlicher Hand gehaltene Commerzbank befindet sich darunter.
Kanzlerin Merkel macht sich auf die Reise ins entfernte Chile, um beiderseitige Handelsbeziehungen zu etablieren. Trotz Euro-Krise, rund um den möglichen Austritt Großbritanniens aus der europäischen Gemeinschaft findet Angela Merkel Zeit für einen Kurzbesuch in Chile. Dabei geht es ein mögliches Freihandelsabkommen zwischen Deutschland und dem Andenland zu vereinbaren. Merkel auf wichtiger Handelsmission.
In a new interview Klein says that it’s important to question why the big green groups lo have been so unwilling to follow science to its logical conclusions.
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The peaceful transition to democracy and a market economy remains one of the most demanding political, economic and societal challenges facing the world's nations today. By providing a knowledge base of factors leading to success or failure in development and transformation, the BTI facilitates learning amongst decision makers and helps to improve future strategies.
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"The Teaching Excellence Framework is best understood then as an effort to create a proxy signal to indicate quality to potential students and rival institutions through its gold, silver and bronze badges."