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...student data report no longer exists,” he said in an interview before the meeting. “We haven’t used it in years. We use the benchmark reports. Those are different...
...problem is that intervention usually has unintended consequences. In theory, the export ban should ease prices in India because more rice should be available. But because the global price remains a benchmark, Indian rice traders are resistant to selling their stocks for much less than they would get on the international market. That means less rice on the domestic market and higher prices for Indians. As economist Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar wrote recently in the Times of India, cutting exports is a form of national hoarding: "Governments would like to believe that hoarding by traders is terrible, whereas hoarding...
Until May 29, that is, when Commerce releases a revised "preliminary" GDP number. On June 26 comes the "final" first-quarter GDP, but even that won't really be final: in a few years there will be a "benchmark revision" that changes everything yet again...
...term results. "I know it's a lot of money," he says. "I'm not naive. There are going to be some people who just say that's too much money. But as you read the [compensation] report, it really has nothing to do with me. There is a benchmark for what a position is worth, what a CEO is worth. My feeling is, I've been upfront. I'm willing to tell you I voted...
...questions of the meaning of life. However, because of the influence of what he calls the “modern research ideal,” Kronman said that the humanities have sacrificed this pursuit. “It seems to be an undeniable fact of the research that the benchmark of one’s standing...largely depends on the volume and quantity of your scholarly work,” Kronman said. Kronman’s opinions were strongly opposed by all of the questioners. English Professor James Engell said that students today may no longer be seeking the same...