Sentences with phrase «teaching by economists»

And is used in teaching by economists, historians, and international development experts and in schools.

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This was the lesson taught by William Petty in the 17th century and used by economists ever since: The market price of land, a government bond or other security is calculated by dividing its expected income stream by the going rate of interest — that is, «capitalizing» its rent (or any other flow of income) into what a bank would lend.

The strategy itself was created in the 1920's by Ben Graham and David Dodd, two economists and investment gurus who taught at the Columbia Business School.

While it may come as a surprise to many, this difference in emphasis actually has the effect of leading our economists and businessmen to preach a message for the world's poor that is charged with greater hope than what is typically taught by many of our leading theologians and preachers.

Economists tend to promote economics as an ideology, partly by acts of omission in their teaching, but more often by explicit arguments that lead to the acceptance of economics as the first and most fundamental science of public life.

And contrary to the government's claim that the post was a «low - show» job — «Percoco taught the curriculum less than a dozen times on average, with each class typically lasting less than [two] hours,» the government said recently — the defense maintains that her «compensation was reasonable,» an opinion shared by an economist it intends to call as an expert witness.

He says that it's important to distinguish between facts and opinion, which is why he found «odd and distasteful» an undergraduate course in macroeconomics taught by Paul Krugman, the outspoken liberal economist who in 2008 would win a Nobel Prize in economic sciences for his work on international trade patterns.

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Recent studies by Harvard economist Raj Chetty and colleagues confirm that teachers who improve student test scores also improve their students» earnings as adults (see «Great Teaching,» research, Summer 2012).

Division of labor has worked wonders for the production of clothing, computers, and automobiles — but it doesn't have the same transformational effect on productivity in teaching, a new study by economist Roland G. Fryer Jr., finds.

While experts worry that schools are «teaching to the test» on some high - pressure state exams, a pair of economists have suggested yet another way schools can boost scores: by «feeding to the test.»

This method of evaluation aligns with cutting - edge Gates Foundation research, led by Harvard economist Tom Kane, called the Measures of Effective Teaching project.

The recent study by Harvard and Columbia economists showed a link between quality teaching and higher test scores and between higher test scores and positive life outcomes.

If, as many economists expect, employment prospects in the private sector deteriorate as a result of the UK leaving the European Union (or at least the uncertainty created by the referendum result), then we may yet see an increase in graduates and others entering «recession - proof» teaching.

Lomborg — a statistics professor at the time teaching in a Danish university political science department — began his study by trying to repudiate the claims of the late US economist Julian Simon.

In an April 1, 2012 column in The New York Times, Prof. Richard H. Thaler of the U-Chicago Booth School of Business aptly summed up the near - unanimity among economists that carbon taxing is the optimal way to reduce CO2 emissions: «Consider a recent poll of a panel of economists conducted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where I teach... [Forty - one] economists in [a poll conducted by the] University of Chicago... were asked whether they agreed with this statement: «A tax on the carbon content of fuels would be a less expensive way to reduce carbon - dioxide emissions than would a collection of policies such as «corporate average fuel economy» requirements for automobiles.»