The British Seeds of American Decline

Is the decline of the United States as an economic superpower inevitable? Or can it avoid the mistakes of past superpowers?

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How ASEAN Should Assert Itself Globally

Should Westerners abandon the use of business jacket and tie for the sake of global warming?

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America’s Mommy Wars: A Transatlantic Perspective

Are German women justified in admiring the progress on gender equity that American women have made in the workplace?

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Beyond LIBOR: Whiners on Wall Street

Are financial industry complaints about the alleged costs of regulation justified? Or does history prove they are without merit?

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Beyond LIBOR: Derivatives as WMD on the American People

Why should derivatives be moved out of the dark of over-the-counter markets into the brighter light of exchanges?

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Exits from the Rat Race

How did today’s crisis-prone, Darwinian capitalism come about?

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The Cost of a Human Life, Statistically Speaking

Is there any satisfactory method for assessing the true cost of a human life?

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The Democratization of Banking

What steps should policy makers take to ensure that bank services are available to the broadest number of people?

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Diamond(s) Are Not Forever

Did Barclays Bank executives engage in fraud to boost the bank’s market valuation — or because they lacked simple values?

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Obama and Carter: Two U.S. Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize Compared

What are the differences between the last two U.S. Presidents to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

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