Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a research sponsoring foundation. William J. Baumol has published over 500 articles in various fields of economics. For more on Baumol’s background, see his interview in the Journal of Economic Perspectives (Krueger 2001). Gomory and Baumol also published several companion articles to this book (see for example, Gomory and Baumol 2004). GLOBAL TRADE AND CONFLICTING N...

ifty years ago on 2 May 1958 the government of the United States of America circulated a note to the 12 states most actively involved in scientific research in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year, initiating discussions regarding the convening of a conference on Antarctica and the conclusion of an international treaty for this area. Shortly after the circulation of the note, on...

Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) are increasingly implemented in medical school admissions. In this paper, we investigate the effects of vocational interests, previous academic experience, gender and age on SJT performance. The SJT was part of the selection process for the Bachelor's degree programme in Medicine at University of Groningen, the Netherlands. All applicants for the academic year...

The connotations of the interests PRC in official scientific and political discourse during period existence new Chinese state first transformed from class (jieji liyi, 1949–1978) to actually national (national-state – guojia 1979–2008), then transition “indigenous (core) national” (hexin or simply “indigenous” hexin liyi), this emphasis became dominant after 2012. This process reflects substan...

Background: In any society, values, collective and national interests have a special place. National legal systems, in the sense of public order in the nationalization of foreign investor property, support these high national values and interests against individual interests. Therefore, this research has been conducted with the aim of presenting the moral model of public order in the nationaliz...

The prospects for international security are closely linked to solving the age-old problems of war and peace, especially on European continent. long period residence peoples in this part world, their communication with each other revealed numerous models coexistence from armed confrontation formation political integration focus first economic component then socio-political unity. creation Union...