At the best of times, statistical studies of economic phenomena are exercises in economic history, not economic science.
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The model quickly became a cornerstone of investing theory, and it helped earn William Sharpe and Harry Markowitz the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1990.
Netherlands based Association of Students in Economic and Business Science, which helps students find internships around the world, said that the number of students heading to China has risen from no more than 50 in 2002 to 1, 000 this year.
Park spent much of her first month in office negotiating with opposition lawmakers over an ambitious government reorganization plan that aims to focus on science and economic growth.
"For too long, the debate over appropriate responses to climate change risk has been monopolised by advocates of actions that have little basis in science or economic reality, " he said.
And of course the other, more important debate, happening outside of the rarefied halls of the science establishment is whether in these difficult economic times the large injection of funding for science can continue.
Murray is correct that predicting how tax changes will affect economic growth is an inexact science.
At some point our society is going to be forced to choose between allowing this ongoing abuse of the ESA and paying the ever-increasing economic and societal price, or modifying the process of nominating species in a way that requires the employment of sound science, the consideration of economic and other societal impacts, and returns the law to its original, balanced intent.
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President Obama has pledged to hire 100, 000 more math and science teachers to spur economic growth and have students compete.
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We have both a need and an opportunity to devise a new form of economic organization, and a new science of management, that can deal with the breakneck realities of 21st century change.
The Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) is dedicated to dramatically reducing the economic and social burden of obesity and obesity-related diseases by significantly improving nutrition science.
Which conditions (finance, science-policy interface, economic instruments, etc) should be created in order to stimulate effective action?
Recent research from Microsoft Research UK into how computing is taught at high schools around the world, explained that teaching computer science had significant educational and economic benefits.
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So the question may well be not so much whether we prioritise our science spending to suit our economic and social priorities - but rather - to what degree do we do this.
Tony Blair responded that Lib Dem plans to boost pension spending by abolishing the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) would mean cutting two thirds of the UK science budget and scrapping regional economic assistance.
Determined to further enhance our relationship, we discussed ways of maximizing the work of the U.S.- Portugal Bilateral Commission, which facilitates cooperation in areas as diverse as defense and security, education, science and technology exchanges, economic revitalization, law enforcement, and development in the Azores.
It would be a very positive irony if this decade of economic depression should prove the era in which science at last broke the clammy grip of psychic depression.
While the main themes and the discussion around them will focus on the economic, speakers and thinkers from the world of science, technology and even the arts will also be Davos-bound.
The trouble for them, however, is that every reputable study -- headed by the most exhaustive of them all, the 1997 National Academy of Science study -- finds that the economic benefits of immigration are very small, fractions of a penny for each dollar of national income, with the largest share of those benefits captured by the immigrants themselves.
We recognized the importance of science and technology as enabling factors for sustained economic development.
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This is especially crippling in math and science--two fields critical to future economic development.
Chemistry and computer science, two subjects closely linked with jobs and economic growth, remain dominated by males despite this.
The web's links now encompass computer-science technical reports, folk-song lyrics, economic statistics from America's Department of Commerce, tarot cards, satellite weather photographs, film reviews, legal databases, the Bible, library catalogues, literary magazines and more.
Ms Hart also answered questions on implementing the aims of the Welsh Language Strategy within the context of economic regeneration, discussions with Tata Steel, the government's science policy and broadband access.
Undertake, in cooperation with universities and research institutes, policy research and sector studies for the reform or restructuring of national science, technology and innovation systems as part of the economic reform or structural adjustment programmes of Member States.
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Computer science research should not be banned without explanation if we want economic growth in the technology sector.
Kamil Reddy, 32, a computer science PhD student at the University of Pretoria, says the economic benefits will be felt widely.
Mohamed's achievement is particularly impressive as Egypt's math and science education came 125th out of 139 nations in a World Economic Forum survey.
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Coordinating such efforts will need to be supported at the highest level in government by science and technology advisors to presidents and prime ministers at par with economic advisors.
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