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Monday, November 24, 2008

Education is a Global Currency - Rupert Murdoch


I really enjoyed this article from the Weekend Australian 22-23 November 2008.

Here is a start.......

IN the new economy, the people that companies are craving - and are willing to pay for - are people who add value to their enterprises. That means people with talent and skills and judgment.

Talent and skills and judgment are part of what economists call human capital. Human capital is a broad term. It includes formal skills; for example, a degree in computer science or the ability to speak a foreign language. But human capital is much more than this. It also includes things such as good work habits, the judgment that comes from experience, a sense of creativity, a curiosity about the world and the ability to think for oneself.

Free societies succeed because the people who have these skills are free to use them to advance themselves, their enterprises and society. It's true that some people manage to ..........


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Thanks to Nick Todd for this lead... it is amazing how our shaping of new ideas and concepts as a Westlife team is developing....

Just as iron sharpens iron, friends sharpen the minds of each other.
Proverbs 27:17 (CEV)

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