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1 month ago

Trickle Tickle | The Frontline Weekly

Published : Nov 20, 2024 19:08 IST - 7 MINS READ Dear reader, Every student of economics knows John Kenneth Galbraith. In the US, the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 slashed the top marginal tax rate from 70 per cent to 50 per cent, followed by another cut to 28 per cent in 1986. Thomas Piketty’s study “Capital in …

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1 month ago

Japan’s culture of pop idols, with anthropologist Patrick Galbraith.

Slate

Decoder Ring’s Evan Chung told the story this week of the Japanese musical duo Pink Lady and their ill-fated American TV variety show in 1980. Pink Lady’s meteoric rise in Japan was exceptional—but it also helped define a broader phenomenon known as Japanese “idol” culture, which is still going strong today. He’s the co-editor of Idols and Celebrity in Japanese …

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3 months ago

We need strong public policy to combat inequality

Hindustan Times

In his best-selling book The Affluent Society, published in 1958, John Kenneth Galbraith had observed: “Few things are more evident in modern social history than the decline of interest in inequality as an economic issue. Among professional economists, and social scientists generally, the seminal contributions in the past half century of John Rawls, Anthony Atkinson, Amartya Sen, Thomas Piketty, and …

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5 months, 1 week ago

The 16 best places to invest in property in Britain: Estate agents say prices will soar here

Daily Mail

We’ve all heard the stories of people investing in a deprived area, only for it to be transformed into the latest property hotspot and their house values to multiply, sometimes as much as four times in as little as ten years. Average price: £218,261 The High Definition development has luxury open-plan interiors Investment opportunity: New scheme called High Definition, with …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Legacy Way Tunnel crash: Emma had the world at her feet when tragedy struck. Now her family share the grim battle she faces after horror crash that also claimed the life of her best friend

Daily Mail

The family of the sole survivor of a horror motorway tunnel crash have opened up about the marathon recovery facing their daughter just as she was in the prime of her life and their interstate move to be by her side. Ms McLean suffered broken arms, a shattered pelvis and a major traumatic brain injury, and was rushed to Royal …

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1 year ago

Seven Strikes, still not out | Review of ‘The Running Grave’ by Robert Galbraith

The Hindu

Clearly, J.K. Rowling — or Robert Galbraith as she prefers to call herself in the Strike novels — has taken no note of the criticism in some quarters that her previous book, The Ink Black Heart, could have benefited from a careful, sparing use of the editorial scissor. At around 950 pages, The Running Grave, the latest and seventh novel …

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1 year, 1 month ago

5 new books to read this week

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Written from a feminine viewpoint of 1984 – shining a harsh spotlight on the roles …

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2 years, 1 month ago

The airline passengers getting ‘unacceptable’ treatment

CNN

Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Disabilities affect roughly one in five of the population and there are many passengers who use what’s termed “special assistance” when moving around airports. The more information airlines and airports have about your needs the better, but if the information you provide is lost because the underlying communications system isn’t …

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2 years, 2 months ago

The Hindu on Books | Countdown to the Literature Nobel, an Ambedkar biography and more

The Hindu

This article forms a part of The Hindu on Books newsletter which brings you book reviews, reading recommendations, interviews with authors and more. The Prize will be announced this Thursday, and we will bring you a profile of the winner in the next edition; last year it went to Tanzanian-British writer Abdulrazak Gurnah for “his compassionate penetration of the effects …

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3 years ago

Celebrities settle damages claims against publisher of News Of The World

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A number of celebrities and …

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3 years, 2 months ago

When Galbraith & Friedman were in agreement

New Indian Express

His memory jogged, Galbraith narrated an anecdote. PM Nehru wrote to the US President asking it to send an economist who would help set up the Planning Commission. Nehru waved a report and said, ‘Our policies have been supported in this report by an American economist.’ Asoka Mehta waved a report and said, ‘Your policies have been condemned in this …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Review: Yep, J.K. Rowling’s new thriller has transphobic elements. It’s also a crashing bore

LA Times

On the Shelf Troubled Blood By Robert Galbraith Mulholland: 944 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Spoiler warning: The following review discloses important twists in “Troubled Blood.” People have been concerned about novelist and Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling’s feelings about transgender rights …

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