Dag: 11 februari 2005
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Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor
Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor The skeptics of globalization argue that increased trade openness and foreign direct investment induce developing countries to keep labor costs low, for example, by letting children work. This article argues that there are good theoretical reasons why globalization might actually have the opposite effect. We test this…
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Chatting freely with animated historical characters
Chatting freely with animated historical characters Walk into the Hans Christian Andersen museum and you might see and hear the man himself. Though only virtual, he can hold visitors’ attention for up to 15 minutes, chatting with them about himself and telling his fairy-tales. En virtuell HC Andersen möter dig på museet som bär hans…
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Implanting Hope
Implanting Hope Nagle can talk and operate the computer at the same time, just as a healthy person might sing a song and walk. ’This is important, because he doesn’t need to actively think of moving his hands to the left or right,’ says Donoghue. ’He just thinks about moving the cursor, and it moves.’…