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aurelianon Australian Government Should Follow Singapore in Supporting Startups

I wonder how much Australian industry is affected by resource exports driving up the currency making other exports more expensive and imports cheaper.

aurelianon US 'in denial' over poor maths standards

The evidence is not on your side.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/study-no-link-betw...

You can downvote me but you still have no evidence for your beliefs.

aurelianon US 'in denial' over poor maths standards

Your belief is wrong. All research on the subject tells us that spending has at most a small impact on test scores. I'd link you to PDFs but I know how you feel about that.

aurelianon US 'in denial' over poor maths standards

Direct evidence against your belief:

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2...

aurelianon US 'in denial' over poor maths standards

Could this be explained in part by people who are good at math tending to make more money than people who are bad at math?

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2...