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THE WEEK.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 3/19/62, Vol. 146 Issue 12, p3-6. 4p.
Abstract: This article presents news including the election victory of V. K. Krishna Menon in North Bombay, India, the administration of United States President John F. Kennedy, which wishes to spend $2.67 billion dollars over the next five years on higher educa...
Fair Play on Wall Street.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 3/12/62, Vol. 146 Issue 11, p17-20. 4p.
Abstract: Focuses on the increasing number of publicly-owned stocks in the U.S. Growth of stocks traded over the counter; Identification of problems related to public participation; Announcement made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the s...
THE WEEK.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 3/27/61, Vol. 144 Issue 13, p3-9. 7p.
Abstract: The article presents news briefs and commentary concerning international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of March 27, 1961. Financial difficulties in higher education from the disparity between large universities and local colleges in the U.S...
The Birth of American Finance.
Publication Type: Review
Source(s): New Republic. 12/20/2012, Vol. 243 Issue 19, p43-47. 5p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Illustration.
Abstract: 'Title: "The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy". "In order to highlight the achievement of the Founders in creating the Constitution of 1787, [Thomas K.] McCraw tends to exaggerate the economic t...
STEVE JOBS'S ANGEL.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 9/2/2013, Vol. 244 Issue 14, p4-7. 3p. 1 Illustration.
Abstract: The article looks at U.S. government funding for science and technology research. The author points out that the late Steve Jobs, founder and chief executive of technology firm Apple, is vaunted as an independent businessman, yet many of his innovation...
Talk Is Cheap.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 02/14/2000, Vol. 222 Issue 7, p20-22. 3p.
Abstract: Focuses on the political campaign finance reforms in the U.S. Argument that campaign finance regulation forces political speech underground, through Internet publishing, cable television, and radio; Information that political action committees and inde...
The Medi-Cal Diet.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 6/13/81, Vol. 184 Issue 24, p6-9. 3p.
Abstract: Comments on propositions limiting state and local expenditures in California and their impact on the state's Medi-Cal health care program. Historical background on California's combined state-federal health care program when U.S. President Reagan was t...
Wretched Excess.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 11/01/99, Vol. 221 Issue 18, p17-20. 3p.
Abstract: Presents an analysis of public spending on education and defense in the U.S. Information that spending on education and defense in the U.S. together represent nearly 25 percent of all federal, state and local spending; Description of dynamics which aff...
CALIFORNIA SCREAMIN'.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 6/23/86, Vol. 194 Issue 25, p14-16. 3p.
Abstract: Looks at the impact of California's Proposition 13 or real property tax on California's economic and social conditions. Decline in California's per capita public spending; Popularity of the state in the last decade among upwardly mobile couples; Proble...
SAVAGE EQUALITIES.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic. 12/16/91, Vol. 205 Issue 25, p18-20. 3p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Abstract: Focuses on "Savage Inequalities" author Jonathan Kozol's assessment of unequal spending among U.S. public schools in his book. Rationale for equal spending; California's experience in equalizing school spending; Impact of equalization on local incentiv...