Tag Archives: Asia

Occupy Wall Street and the Missing American Revolution

What is the historic context and potential significance of the protest movement directed against Wall Street?

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Bon Voyage, World Bank!

Why has the time come to move the World Bank out of the United States?

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A Brief History of Cheap Labor

How was cheap labor key to turning Britain, Germany and the United States into industrial powers?

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What Chile’s Student Protests Can Teach the United States

Will U.S. students take a page from their Chilean brethren and protest the high cost of college education?

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Water: The Elixir of Life

Why could water become one of the world's most precious natural resources?

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How Europe and the U.S. Dropped the Baton

What does the end of U.S. and European global dominance mean for the world economy?

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Message to All: End the Global Economic Blame Game

Why is blame-shifting far from the ideal response for a world that finds itself in considerable trouble?

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Chandran Nair on Asia’s Global Responsibility

Why is it up to Asia to fashion a more environmentally and socially conscious brand of capitalism?

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Why Can’t Washington Get Anything Done on Immigration?

What actions could the U.S. Congress take on immigration that would have profound economic impacts?

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China as an Economic Savior

Why are Europe’s export industries happy about rising prices and domestic demand in China?

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