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Entries by David Docherty from 07/2011

The UK's Sputnik Moment

| Posted 07.14.2011 | UK
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The modern wealth of a nation flows from its intellectual capital. Obama strongly signalled his understanding of this truth in this year's State of the Nation Address, when he called his continued investment in science 'a Sputnik moment'.

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The EBacc - When Policy Goes Wonky

| Posted 07.31.2011 | UK Politics
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You don't have to be a policy wonk to know that policy can go wonky. Nor do you have to be a philosopher to know that good intentions can have bad consequences.

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