A Dilemma for Saulish Skepticism: Either Self-Defeating or Not Even Skepticism

Jennifer Saul argues that the evidence from the literature on implicit biases entails a form of skepticism. In this paper, I argue that Saul faces a dilemma: her argument is either self-defeating, or it does not yield a skeptical conclusion. For Saul, both results are unacceptable; thus, her argument fails

Organic Farming and food quality chains in Europe

Out from the evolutions of the European agro food systems since the 80’ and besides Organic Farming, several other modes of production developed in parallel to the main stream system. This gave rise, during the last decades, to different research agendas and networks, which in general – and unfortunately - ignore each others. This paper intends to give some outlines to account for the diversity of those ap-proaches and give some path of convergence for the future. In the frame of the new European agricultural policy, those research networks could gain credibility and power through improving connections with each others and make their relations more intense

Student Ensemble: Choral Collage

Center for the Performing ArtsApril 24, 2016Sunday Afternoon1:00 p.m

Student Ensemble: Choral Showcase

Center for the Performing ArtsFebruary 14, 2016Sunday Afternoon3:00 p.m

Student Ensemble: Choral Collage Concert

Center for the Performing ArtsApril 27, 2014Sunday Afternoon1:00 p.m

ISU Percussion Ensemble

Center for the Performing Arts April 15, 2018 Sunday Evening 7:00p.m

Student Ensemble: Choirs

Center for the Performing ArtsMarch 20, 2016Sunday Afternoon3:00 p.m

Student Ensemble: Women\u27s Choir, Men\u27s Glee Club, Belle Voix

Center for the Performing ArtsNovember 8, 2015Sunday Afternoon3:00 p.m

The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2002: Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity

The issue of sustainability of natural capital and implications for economic growth ranks high in the interests of both policy makers and the general public, as manifested by the intense debate on Canada's ratification of the Kyoto accord. In this chapter, Nancy Olewiler makes an important contribution to the debate on natural resource sustainability by exploring the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler defines sustainability as the ability of the economy to maintain the flow of production necessary to ensure non-decreasing per capita consumption indefinitely, so future generations can have a standard of living equal to or better than that of the present generation. She makes a critical distinction between the concepts of strong and weak sustainability.Natural Resources, Resources, Non-renewable, Renewable, Productivity, Sustainability, Growth, Labour Productivity, Labor Productivity, Technology, Technological Change, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Services, Multifactor Productivity, Multi-factor Productivity, Total Factor Productivity, Pollution, Emissions

The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2002: Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees with Richard Harris' views on the state of our knowledge about the potential contribution of social programs to productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the issues of social inequality and poverty. He argues that there has been no flagging in redistributive effort in Canada and he challenges what he sees as Heath's preference for enhancing public expenditures, emphasizing the scope for government failures and of the possibility that higher tax rates in the contemporary period have increased the marginal cost of public funds. Even if one were able to resolve the question of the appropriate balance between the public and private sectors, Watson believes that the case for higher productivity would remain compelling. Without powerful analytical guidance, Watson concludes that reform of social policy will inevitably be guided primarily by intuition, politics and hunches. In these circumstances, he counsels modesty in aspirations.Equity, Efficiency, Productivity, Labour Productivity, Labor Productivity, Growth, Income, Inequality, Equality, Social Policy, Happiness, Poverty, Leisure, Government, Investment, Fairness, Spending, Government Spending, Government Expenditure, Expenditure, Taxes, Tax, Quality of Life