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What Can US Democracy Learn From Brazil? - The New York Times - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...zil-election-us-democracy.html

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    A Comparative Politics Professor was interviewed for this article! There are pros and there are cons. . . .
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Brazil Elects Lula: Live Updates and Election Results - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...brazil-presidential-election

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    "The victory completes a stunning political revival for Mr. da Silva - from the presidency to prison and back - that had once seemed unthinkable. It also ends Mr. Bolsonaro's turbulent time as the region's most powerful leader. For years, he attracted global attention for policies that accelerated the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and exacerbated the pandemic, which left nearly 700,000 dead in Brazil, while also becoming a major international figure of the far right for his brash attacks on the left, the media and Brazil's democratic institutions."
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Tunisia crisis: Democrats, despots and the fight for power - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-africa-58071263

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    What happened to Tunisia after the Arab Spring (which started there); autocrats in the Middle East hope that Tunisia's democracy will turn to a strongman government.
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If Bernie Sanders wants free college, he ought to check out Australia - Wharton Magazine - 0 views

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  • Higher Education Contribution Scheme
  • comparable with those in-state students are charged at American public colleges and universities
  • The problems with truly free higher education — perpetual students, rising budget deficits, upper middle class welfare — led Australia to replace the system I studied under with HECS 25 years ago.
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  • “zero cash up front” for admitted students.
  • with a bigger debt for degrees that tend to lead to higher paying jobs like business and law and less debt for priorities areas like STEM.
  • Australian students only begin to repay their HECS debt when their salary reaches a threshold figure that is close to median household income.
  • This automatic and there is no possibility of non-payment or partial payment. The reason is that the government treats HECS payments as a tax line in your pay check.
  • Repayment schedules are progressive — the more you earn after graduation, the more quickly you pay the government back what you owe for your education. If your salary just meets the threshold, you are “taxed” 4% of your income each year until you pay off all your debt, which could take well over a decade. If you earn twice as much, the annual repayment is 8%
  • If your income never reaches the national median, your education is free and you never have to pay it back.
  • t is a “rort” in Australian vernacular (what Americans might call a scam) if you don’t enter the workforce for other reasons — such as coming from a rich family or having a high income spouse.
  • You can also avoid HECS by leaving Australia because then you don’t have to pay Australian taxes.
  • That is far better than the estimated 40% of American student loans at default risk.
  • there is a big obstacle to overcome.
  • In Australia, you only pay one tax bill, to the federal government, which also runs higher education. The financing of higher education is a fully federal responsibility. In the U.S., we pay federal and state taxes, and public universities are run by states not by Washington.
  • The U.S. is unique in having a vibrant private not-for-profit higher education sector sitting alongside the public colleges and universities. One big difference: the privates don’t receive any direct state or federal funding. As a result, they tend to rely more heavily on tuition than the public ones do.
  • The clear ethos is that the most talented students should be able to get an Ivy League education, not just those with the ability to pay.
  • Charge the full tuition price to those who can afford it. Offer very generous f
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Europe's Energy Crisis Is Sending Leaders to Africa for Help - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...europe-africa-natural-gas.html

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    Good idea? Bad Idea?
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War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says - The New ... - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...global-clean-energy-iea.html

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    Woot!
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Bonds May Be Having Their Worst Year Yet - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...bonds-market.html

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  • Kay Bradley on 03 Oct 22
     
    Why do bonds suffer when interest rates rise? Is it still a good idea for the Federal Reserve Bank to raise interest rates? Why or why not? Good for who? These are all examples of questions that revolve around political economy.
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Opinion | If Bolsonaro Loses Brazil's Election, Will He Respect the Result? - The New Y... - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...l-election-bolsonaro-lula.html

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  • Kay Bradley on 01 Oct 22
     
    Also has info about Brazil's voting system.
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