whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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Walton, economics is an evolving theory. I wouldn\'t go to Wikipedia for a current answer. Most of what I\'m discussing is price theory; in which, should politicians choose to do so, they can price

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This is nonsense. You\'re confusing human interaction with capitalism. Look up capitalism on wikipedia if you don\'t know what it is: \"Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which

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What is wikimedia doing to promote it\'s web properties on the mobile platform? Is there a meaningful way to interact with something like Wikipedia through a mobile phone?

4. Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch
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Business is cyclical. Innovation changes environments and, unintentionally, destroys profitable status quos. When that happens stronger and more innovative firms pounce to buy up the assets of weake

5. "Be sure, we will be watching you," the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
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Evolutionary pressure is stimulated by great events. Cataclysms, in particular, let the strongest shine. South Africa has, for centuries, been the social equivalent of a violent tidal coast filled w

6. The Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia and Lessons in Globalisation
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Wikipedia is one of the most popular Internet phenomena.  It is an online encyclopaedia that, in the words of its founder, Jimmy Wales, "Is designed to provide free access to the sum of all

7. Jimmy Wales, Digital Freedom South Africa: What would you ask him?
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On Thursday, 19th April, Jimmy Wales - of Wikimedia fame - will be in South Africa to present at the Digital Freedom Expo at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Says Professor Derek Keats of U

8. From Linux to Mozilla: donations mean that open-source isn't really free
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...e, can choose to release it for free. But it isn't really free, is it? On every page – from Wikipedia, to Ubuntu Linux, to Mozilla, to Creative Commons – there is that little logo th...

9. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
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...to stimulate even the most barren of minds.  If those businesses seem too expensive to set up then Wikineur.org has dozens of ideas that cost less than $ 100 each to set up.  If even that l...

10. The poor have never had it so good ... now what?
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If poverty was purely a lack of cash then we should end it this year. The World Bank, financier of last resort to bankrupt governments, has a great deal of competition.  The Global Fund has $ 6

11. A sense of scale
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A lot is made of occasional government and private development initiatives: how they will change communities, improve livelihoods and so on. It is useful to have a sense of proportion; some idea of ho

12. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
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...pest protection from malaria is out of reach of the majority of Kenyans for no good reason at all. Wikineur: the thousand rand challenge Wikineur.org Microfinance and micro...