Daily Archives: October 13, 2006

A second economics Nobel?

Posted on October 13, 2006 by william

The Nobel Peace Prize was won by Muhammed Yunus of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. The Bank pioneered the use of microcredit. Amazingly, the story in the Times reports that 96% of the borrowers are women and 98% of the money … Continue reading →

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Oxbridge interview questions

Posted on October 13, 2006 by william

This morning the Today programme had a short news item about the sort of questions asked by Oxbridge Dons to potential students. My favourite was the following: “Every person alive today has a molecule of Caesar’s last breath in them, … Continue reading →

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