Tag Archives: United States

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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Lessons for Libya from 1911

What is the key to the success of democracy in 21st century Libya?

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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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In Chile, Dissent Has a Woman’s Face

How has a 23-year-old woman posed a serious challenge to Chile’s government?

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Is China Going Up in Smoke?

Why has China’s government done little to stop the country’s smoking epidemic?

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A Lament for San Francisco

How is an increasingly dilapidated San Francisco symbolic of the challenges facing the United States?

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The Global Governance Deficit: The Theater of the Absurd

What will it take to stop 21st century global governance from being a “theater of the absurd”?

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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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Making U.S. Politics Safe for Third Parties

How can the United States ensure that third parties don't act as spoilers?

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