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It is becoming conventional wisdom that Trump has been good for the economy. Nothing could be further from the truth

The ECB is among central banks trying to prepare for what a report warns could be a "coming economic upheaval"

Although, a gross tax revenue expansion of 12 per cent seems reasonable in light of the 10 per cent growth expected in the nominal GDP in FY20-21, the revenue assumptions made for FY20 seem aggressive

We need to stop what drives mass epidemics rather than just respond to individual diseases

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for COVID-19 Solution Challenge on MyGov is a welcome effort towards involving private sector in times of a national crisis

Despite the clear balance of evidence, an overwhelming proportion of aid is devoted to country lending, with only a fraction allocated to financing GPGs

The listing of LIC is being thought when it is still a pre-dominant player in the sector. This is just like in the case of the State Bank of India in 1993

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the world with disaster. But the crisis also offers govts a rare chance to undertake policy changes that can boost the global economy's long-term growth potential.

The provocation for this move is no doubt the recent large capital outflows from the markets that caused huge volatility in the forex markets - offshore NDF and onshore rupee

Strengthening primary and community health care, combined with vastly expanded testing, will be key to overcoming the pandemic that threatens to rage through the country

Having a strategy is essential. But equally important is that the strategy accurately describe the economic problem at hand

With the State's civil society link broken beyond repair, the country is ill equipped to handle the consequences of possibly the largest post-Partition migration within India

If the international community wants to avoid a wave of defaults, it must develop a rescue plan immediately

The government has extended the Covid-19 lockdown - but provided little succour to the most vulnerable

In the absence of clarity about the impact of this crisis on demand and supply, any measure undertaken presents the possibility of proving to be eminently wrong when clarity eventually emerges

The world’s first cruise ship, the Prinzessin Victoria Luise, opened for business—but mostly for pleasure—in 1901. The Hamburg-American line vessel contained only first-class cabins, each of which was “brilliantly lighted by electricity,” outfitted with electric bells,  steam-heated, and ventilated. At the time, these were luxury amenities even more impressive than the ship’s marine golf deck...

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If you were an adventurous visitor to New York City in the 1950s or 1960s, you might have found your way to the 82 Club. A basement nightclub at 82 East Fourth Street, it wasn’t much to look at from the outside. Located in what was then a remote edge of the Lower East Side,...

The post Welcome to 82 Club: The Naughty Story of a Legendary New York Drag Institution  appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

John Hancock needed a check-up. New-York Historical’s portrait of the famed signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first governor of Massachusetts is on view as part of the exhibition Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere. However, before it gets installed, the Museum’s Paintings Conservation Lab wanted to learn more about it. New-York Historical actually knows very...

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Tycoons love to survey their empires. And in the 1870s, that empire was San Francisco. The city was in a period of ravenous growth fueled by mining discoveries like the 1848 Gold Rush and the Comstock Lode, and the first transcontinental rail line, a feat that made the men behind the Central Pacific Railroad—Mark Hopkins,...

The post San Francisco is a Ghost Town: The Story Behind Eadweard Muybridge’s Spooky Panorama appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

Henry Pelham created an image for the ages. On the snowy night of March 5, 1770, a group of British soldiers were confronted by an unruly crowd of colonists near the Custom House in Boston. The melee that followed ended with the panicked troops firing into the crowd, killing several colonists, including Crispus Attucks, a...

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Here’s the first thing you need to know about Anne Marguérite Joséphine Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville besides her remarkable name: Napoleon himself was so struck by her courage that he decided not to execute her husband. The Baroness is the subject of the New-York Historical exhibition Artist in Exile: The Visual...

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For over 50 years, Brooklyn native Jerry Greene and his wife Nina compiled one of the most remarkable collections of toys and trains ever assembled. In 2014, New-York Historical acquired a portion of their Jerni Collection with generous support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Richard Gilder, and an anonymous donor. This February marks yet another stop in...

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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. Our Women March exhibition is off limits for the time being, but we’re celebrating Women’s History Month from afar. So dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past Public Programs and listen to a...

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What can history museums do during an epidemic? Like many institutions across the globe, the New-York Historical Society is temporarily closed to help contain the spread of COVID-19. And like so many New Yorkers, our curators and librarians are preoccupied with concern for their loved ones and grief over what’s happening in our beloved city....

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America lost a great journalist in 2019 when Cokie Roberts died at the age of 75 from complications due to breast cancer. New-York Historical also lost a beloved friend. Roberts, a legendary reporter and commentator for ABC News and NPR, had appeared often in our Public Programs over the years to talk about American history and politics, and she...

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As the COVID-19 crisis continues, perhaps it’s no surprise that alcohol sales are booming. With many of us confined to our homes (if we’re lucky), braving commutes to carry out essential work, or simply trying to figure out how to make a mask out of your last pair of clean underwear, there seems to be no...

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Title: A companion to the ancient novel [electronic resource] / edited by Edmund P. Cueva and Shannon N. Byrne.
Imprint: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Shelfmark: Wiley Online Library
Subjects: Classical fiction -- History and criticism.
Classical fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst00863482

Title: Intercultural competence in the work of teachers [electronic resource] : confronting ideologies and practices / edited by Fred Dervin, Robyn Moloney, Ashley Simpson.
Imprint: Milton : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Multicultural education.
Teachers -- Training of.
Intercultural communication.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.