Head Start’s Long-Run Impacts on Human Capital and Labor-Market Outcomes
A large-scale preschool program – even one with less per-child expenditures than model preschools – can deliver long-run benefits to students.
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Links 6/9/2021
U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees ‘Virtual Water’ Drain Abroad
As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2021
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Read more...The Front Lines of Climate Change: Cyclone Yaas and the Sundarbans
Cyclone Yaas smacked India and Bangladesh in late May. Its most severe impact was on the Sundarbans, the vast delta the two countries share.
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Washington Post Publisher Says Biden DOJ ‘Intensified’ Trump-Era Attacks on Press Freedom
“The egregious acts by the outgoing Trump Justice Department, and the apparent doubling down on them during the Biden administration, should alarm all Americans, regardless of political persuasion.”
Read more...WHO Celebrates As Indian Health Regulator Removes Ivermectin from Its Covid-19 Protocol
After India finally gets somewhat of a grip on its deadly second wave, one of its health regulators just took away one of its main lines of defense.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2021
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G7 Countries Reach Deal on 15% Global Minimum Tax Rate for Multinational Corporations
One critic of the agreement said that “by settling for anything less than a 25% tax rate, the G7 is telling their citizens and the world that they’re willing to keep the race to the bottom alive and kicking.”
Read more...Wolf Richter: Oh Lordy, Yellen Comes Out for Higher Interest Rates: “A Plus for Society’s Point of View and the Fed’s Point of View”
“We want them to go back to” a normal interest rate environment.
Read more...Quaking Aspen: The Keystone Species that Clones Itself
The world’s oldest and heaviest living being is an aspen clone!
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