Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in Vermont:
This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.
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Silicon Valley often speaks in strange tongues, starting podcasts and shows that are popular within the tech world but do not travel far beyond the Bay Area. Though San Francisco has produced so much wealth, it is a relative underperformer in the national culture.
~ Dan Wang via his 2025 letter
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via The New York Times:
World’s Top Producer of Condoms Raises Prices as Iran War Rattles Supply Chains
by Zunaira Saieed
published on April 25, 2026
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Oliver Cromwell – the English statesman, politician and soldier – was born on this day – April 25, 1599 – in Huntingdon – in what has then the Kingdom of England.
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Over the past 50 years, American trust in the medical system has declined, as has trust in government, science, and expertise in general. The coronavirus pandemic exploded those trends, creating the world in which we now find ourselves. Public-health agencies did themselves no favors: They often gave out confusing and sometimes conflicting advice. Conspiracy theories grew quickly on social media, and measures such as masking became subject to partisan polarization.
~ Vann Newkirk via The Atlantic
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Question: What has been the change in Peru’s per capita GDP in both nominal and PPP terms – expressed in US Dollars – since 1995?
Via IMF datasets for Nominal GDP and PPP GDP respectively.
| Year | Nominal GDP per Capita (USD) | GDP per Capita (PPP) (USD) |
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| 1995 | $2,118 | $4,151 |
| 2000 | $1,922 | $4,736 |
| 2005 | $2,642 | $6,149 |
| 2010 | $5,011 | $9,271 |
| 2015 | $6,155 | $11,960 |
| 2020 | $6,131 | $12,367 |
| 2025 (Est.) | $8,261 | $17,320 |
Harvard economist Melissa Dell is a John Bates Clark Medalist known for her rigorous research on the Peruvian economy. She is best recognized for her pathbreaking work on how historical institutions, such as the colonial mita mining system, shape Peru’s contemporary economic and social outcomes. Her research explores the intersection of economic history and development, specifically analyzing how sub-national institutional variations influence long-run prosperity in the Peruvian highlands.
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