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...government has imposed price controls on some goods to keep inflation in check, but such policies may be making matters worse. For example, Beijing imposed price controls on utilities in early 2006, stabilizing electricity rates. But at the same time the price of coal, used to generate some 80% of the country's electricity, was left to be set by market forces. With coal prices rising, some power companies curtailed purchases because their profit margins were being squeezed and they were unable to compensate by hiking rates. With reduced stockpiles, the utilities were unable to generate enough electricity when...
...against communism. Eventually, many of us changed our stance. I later called for Suharto's dismissal and was jailed for a while, and my TV talk show was banned. Suharto's New Order was precisely that: if not a police state certainly a policed one, with everything kept in check - political parties, religious (and especially Islamic) groups, activists and dissidents, writers and artists. After Sukarno, there was complete regime change...
...you’d prefer a shot of current events with a heavy dose of academic star power, then check out Economics 1400: “The Contents of Globalization: Issues, Actors, and Decisions,” taught by former University President Lawrence H. Summers and Kennedy School professor Lant Pritchett...
...Vote Poke This site compiles voter rolls from each state, allowing visitors to check their registration status immediately. Voters can also "poke" their friends - remind them via email - about checking their registration statuses. VotePoke is part of a new set of online tools sponsored by MoveOn.org...
...When charities have to reach the five-percent spending rate, they can just write a check to another group, but we have to plan budgetary cycles over a much longer horizon,” Casey said. “To establish the rules of the road is fine, if there’s abuse. But you don’t always have to legislate...