Why It Matters: David Deming
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Monthly Archives: April 2026
Learning Object via the
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In its exclusion of links, minimization of text, and encouragement of gauzy filters, Instagram turns every smartphone into its own little Silver Pavilion, through which the user can both cultivate a world and blot out what they don’t wish to see.
~ Jacob Mikanowski
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Campus Life at
CSU Bakersfield
Campus Life at
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Where in the 1990s we had parties without politics, we now have politics without parties. This is the strange confluence I have termed hyperpolitics. For traditional political parties, the previous bedrock of Western political stability, it is a lethal tonic.
~ Anton Jäger via The New York Times
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KROC went on the air
on this day in 1962
KROQ – alternative rock format radio station serving the Los Angeles area – first signed on to the air as KPPC-FM 106.7 on this day – April 23, 1962.
The station is perhaps best known for showcasing Jimmy Kimmel in the role of “Jimmy the Sports Guy” on the KROQ morning show between 1994 and 1999.
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Campus Map
University of New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales
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Campus Life at the University of New South Wales
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Campus Trivia Night
Question: What has been the change in Colombia’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 | $2,763 | $6,962 |
| 2000 | $2,538 | $7,522 |
| 2005 | $3,426 | $9,268 |
| 2010 | $6,380 | $11,819 |
| 2015 | $6,175 | $14,354 |
| 2020 | $5,312 | $15,082 |
| 2025 (Est.) | $8,247 | $21,795 |
James A. Robinson is a prominent scholar and a professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He has a long and deep research engagement with Colombia, spanning about 20 years, including teaching at Universidad de los Andes and extensive fieldwork. Mr. Robinson is the co-author along with Daron Acemoglu of Why Nations Fail and has spent several decades studying the Columbia’s institutional and economic development. Professor Robinson has written extensively on how Colombia has maintained a unique “middle path” of macroeconomic stability despite decades of internal conflict. His research often explores the intersection of political institutions, state capacity, and long-term economic growth in the Colombian context.
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