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Tag: academia

March 16, 2018March 19, 2018 Admin

Trump’s ‘doublespeak’—why academics should speak out by Jeff Handmaker

January 5, 2018February 1, 2018 Admin

How to make sure that research has a durable impact? Examples from DRC by Dorothea Hilhorst and Adriaan Ferf

December 15, 2017March 2, 2018 Admin

Scholars at Risk: precarity in the Academe and Possible Solutions by Rod Mena and Kees Biekart

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In defence of his trade war with China, Trump claims that ‘when you’re $500bn down you can’t lose.’ The problem with this stance is that persistent US trade deficits with China are arguably a sign of US strength or even imperial privilege, not weakness. However, on this issue, he has much of conventional economics wisdom supporting him in his delusions that the US is being treated unfairly or is ‘behind’ based on these deficits.

post The imperial intentions of Trump’s trade war babble by Andrew M. Fischer

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