Frontier Economics: Why Entrepreneurial Capitalism Is Needed Now More Than Ever

Examines the roles of imitative and innovative economic growth and public policy in developed and developing economies in the twentieth century. Outlines role of uncertainty and economic freedom as drivers of innovation, competition, and continued growth

Paul Krugman's Nostalgianomics: Economic Policies, Social Norms, and Income Inequality

What accounts for the rise in income inequality since the 1970s? According to most economists, the answer lies in structural changes in the economy -- in particular, technological changes that have raised the demand for highly skilled workers and thereby boosted their pay. Opposing this prevailing view, however, is Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics. According to Krugman and a group of like-minded scholars, structural explanations of inequality are inadequate. They argue instead that changes in economic policies and social norms have played a major role in the widening of the income distribution. Krugman and company have a point. For the quarter century or so after World War II, incomes were much more compressed than they are today. Since then, American society has experienced major changes in both political economy and cultural values. And both economic logic and empirical evidence provide reasons for concluding that those changes have helped to restrain low-end income growth while accelerating growth at the top of the income scale. However, Krugman and his colleagues offer a highly selective and misleading account of the relevant changes. Looking back at the early postwar decades, they cherry-pick the historical record in a way that allows them to portray that time as an enlightened period of well-designed economic policies and healthy social norms. Such a rosy-colored view of the past fails as objective historical analysis. Instead, it amounts to ideologically motivated nostalgia. Once those bygone policies and norms are seen in their totality, it should be clear that nostalgia for them is misplaced. The political economy of the early postwar decades, while it generated impressive results under the peculiar conditions of the time, is totally unsuited to serve as a model for 21st-century policymakers. And as to the social attitudes and values that undergirded that political economy, it is frankly astonishing that self-described progressives could find them attractive

The Wellesley News (06-10-1957)

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The Grizzly, September 5, 2002

143 Students Call Richter / North Hall Home • Under Construction Again: Field House Floor to be Redone • Orientation 2002 a Success for Freshmen and OAs • Bridge Program Unique and Important at Ursinus • Y100 at Ursinus • Freshmen Give Three Thumbs Up to Their So-Called Overcrowded Rooms • Opinions: Dirty Rooms Make Move-in Extra Grungy; What\u27s it Liked to be Named Bart?; Enemy Combatant Declarations: Wrong Policy for America • Bored? Get Some Brotherly Love in Your Life • Comparative Pricing Report: Snack Foods • Field Hockey Makes a Move to Centennial Conference • X-Country Boys and Girls Ranked 8th in Conference • Volleyball Jumps Out to Positive Start • Men\u27s Soccer Regroups with New Coach • Women\u27s Soccer go 2-0 in First Weekend of Play • Bearcock\u27s Rugby Returns for Second Season • Football Team Prepares for big Season Opener Against Washington & Jefferson • Roller Hockey Club to Play in PCRHL • Dougherty Sets Course Record in Brian Dennis Memorial X-Country Meethttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1517/thumbnail.jp

Women and leadership in higher education in China: discourse and the discursive construction of identity

Prior research indicates that just 4.5 percent of mainland China’s higher educational institution leaders are female. This article extends theory and research by drawing attention to identity and Discourse as an important, yet under-researched, aspect of the problem of women’s underrepresentation in higher education leadership. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with nine female academics in Chinese universities and informed by discursive approaches to identity and constructionist views, we analyze how women construct multiple identities, the interplay of identities, and the influence of broader societal Discourses of gender and leadership. The findings highlight the interplay between competing multiple identities, and illustrate how the women’s identities are shaped and constrained by dominant historical and cultural Discourses in Chinese society, which results in identity regulation (Alvesson and Billing 2009), notably identity positioning that is congruent with social norms and conventions. A key finding is that the female academics reject the leader identity. This is true for those in middle management positions, as well as women in early career stages, who might otherwise aspire to leadership. Implications for the leadership pipeline in China’s universities is discussed and recommendations are made for future research directions

The Grizzly, September 19, 2002

Ursinus Remembers September 11 in Silence, Art, and Prayer • Playmate and AIDS Activist Shares Story with Ursinus • UC Field Hockey Makes a Statement • What\u27s a Watson? • Potential Students Check Out Ursinus During Red and Gold • Stealing from Zack\u27s: A Common Practice that Hurts All • Opinion: Are the Laptops Good or Bad?; Partying: Hard Work on Campus • Get Frenzied for the Fringe • Michael Lasser: Radio Historian • Berman Museum: A Great Place to Visit • Storyteller Visits Berman • Condoms in Collegeville: Comparative Price Report • Under 21 Doesn\u27t Mean You Can\u27t Have Fun • Fall Fashion • Women\u27s Soccer Bounces Back Against Eastern • Bearcox Rugby Battles Widener • Women\u27s Lacrosse Preparing for Upcoming Season • UC Field Hockey Makes a Statement • Men\u27s Soccer Improves Record • Buckley, Quintois Welcomed to Ursinus • Dougherty Cruises to Victory at Lebanon Valleyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1519/thumbnail.jp

Sustainability and Long Term-Tenure: Lion Trophy Hunting in Tanzania

It is argued that trophy hunting of large, charismatic mammal species can have considerable conservation benefits but only if undertaken sustainably. Social-ecological theory suggests such sustainability only results from developing governance systems that balance financial and biological requirements. Here we use lion (Panthera leo) trophy hunting data from Tanzania to investigate how resource ownership patterns influence hunting revenue and offtake levels. Tanzania contains up to half of the global population of free-ranging lions and is also the main location for lion trophy hunting in Africa. However, there are concerns that current hunting levels are unsustainable. The lion hunting industry in Tanzania is run by the private sector, although the government leases each hunting block to companies, enforces hunting regulation, and allocates them a species-specific annual quota per block. The length of these leases varies and theories surrounding property rights and tenure suggest hunting levels would be less sustainable in blocks experiencing a high turnover of short-term leases. We explored this issue using lion data collected from 1996 to 2008 in the Selous Game Reserve (SGR), the most important trophy hunting destination in Tanzania. We found that blocks in SGR with the highest lion hunting offtake were also those that experienced the steepest declines in trophy offtake. In addition, we found this high hunting offtake and the resultant offtake decline tended to be in blocks under short-term tenure. In contrast, lion hunting levels in blocks under long-term tenure matched more closely the recommended sustainable offtake of 0.92 lions per 1000 km2. However, annual financial returns were higher from blocks under short-term tenure, providing $133 per km2 of government revenue as compared to$62 per km2 from long-term tenure blocks. Our results provide evidence for the importance of property rights in conservation, and support calls for an overhaul of the system in Tanzania by developing competitive market-based approaches for block allocation based on long-term tenure of ten years

The Lantern, 2019-2020

Cochlea, Greek for Snail • That Light in the Sky • Overview Effect • The Running Man • Sunset • Rabbits • What Happened While You Were Drunk Last Saturday Night • 21st Century Frankenstein • Passing • I Saw the Veil • Star Crossed • Subtle Hints • Hungry • Basement High • The Night Who Lost Its Stars • Remnants • Nostalgia • I Want to Go to Bed • Wooden Car Blues • Silver Honey • The Breakup • Here\u27s to Losing You • Marfa • Cold Wind Blows • Last Week • 6/12/2019 • These Feather Earrings • Every Piece of White Trash Comes from Somewhere • Color Motion Blur • Song of the Kauai O\u27o • You/Me/Him • Girl in Three Parts • With Anxiety • Foreigner • Eating Your Own Field • Mary Cassatt Sits for a Self Portrait • Thanatourism • Lost in Transportation • Chicken Pot Pie Picture Show • Curses, Foiled Again • From Amelia Goldstein\u27s Movement in Your Words 2019 • At the Altar • More Than Words • Show Me Your Eyes • Ears • The Deflowering • Space • The Tea Bags • Make No Mistake • What Does He Do With the Body?: Four Possibilities • The Story of How I Died, or What the Witches Gave Me • Fortune-Teller • No Thanks • Winter Words • Fluorescent Adolescent • Etiquettical Triptych • Curls and Flower Petals • Being or Falling • Fond Memories • You • All to My City • The Shoreline • Tranquility • Eggs • Burnt • Anthony • Targets • Looking Up • Nebula • Eastern State • Beachhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/1188/thumbnail.jp

SN 2022crv: IIb, Or Not IIb: That is the Question

We present optical and near-infrared observations of SN~2022crv, a stripped envelope supernova in NGC~3054, discovered within 12 hrs of explosion by the Distance Less Than 40 Mpc Survey. We suggest SN~2022crv is a transitional object on the continuum between SNe Ib and SNe IIb. A high-velocity hydrogen feature ($\sim$$-$20,000 -- $-$16,000 $\rm km\,s^{-1}$) was conspicuous in SN~2022crv at early phases, and then quickly disappeared around maximum light. By comparing with hydrodynamic modeling, we find that a hydrogen envelope of $\sim 10^{-3}$ \msun{} can reproduce the behaviour of the hydrogen feature observed in SN~2022crv. The early light curve of SN~2022crv did not show envelope cooling emission, implying that SN~2022crv had a compact progenitor with extremely low amount of hydrogen. The analysis of the nebular spectra shows that SN~2022crv is consistent with the explosion of a He star with a final mass of $\sim$4.5 -- 5.6 \msun{} that has evolved from a $\sim$16 -- 22 \msun{} zero-age main sequence star in a binary system with about 1.0 -- 1.7 \msun{} of oxygen finally synthesized in the core. The high metallicity at the supernova site indicates that the progenitor experienced a strong stellar wind mass loss. In order to retain a small amount of residual hydrogen at such a high metallicity, the initial orbital separation of the binary system is likely larger than $\sim$1000~$\rm R_{\odot}$. The near-infrared spectra of SN~2022crv show a unique absorption feature on the blue side of He I line at $\sim$1.005~$\mu$m. This is the first time that such a feature has been observed in a Type Ib/IIb, and could be due to \ion{Sr}{2}. Further detailed modelling on SN~2022crv can shed light on the progenitor and the origin of the mysterious absorption feature in the near infrared.Comment: 33 pages, 23 figures, submitted to Ap