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Mark Safranski, the erudite ZenPundit recently blogged about the relationship between civilization resiliency and increased complexity. He draws from the work of Yaneer Bar-Yam, particularly his essay “Complexity Rising: From Human Beings
Yesterday’s Washington Post announced the collapse of trade talks that began nearly 5 years ago in Doha, Qatar [“Trade Ministers Give Up on Compromise,” by Paul Blustein]. For anyone who believes that
The winners of a British “manufacturing excellence” competition were recently announced. An article in yesterday’s Financial Times examines the characteristics that make the winners excellent. The headline for the article is telling
Even though public-private partnerships have been around for hundreds of years, many such relationships were exploitative (think about the role of the British and Dutch East India Companies in carrying out their
There has been a lot of coverage recently concerning alleged fraud connected with assistance provided in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For example, an MSNBC report [Audits: Millions of dollars in Katrina
Stephen Colbert on his Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report,” said, “Warren Buffett is so rich he just hired Bill Gates to spend his money. It’s a great day for capitalism!” That’s
Sebastion Mallaby, in his Washington Post column [“Why So Lonesome,” 26 June 2006], explores the interesting subject of personal connections — what Robert D. Putnam refers to as civic engagement and social
An article in today’s New York Times [“In Congo, Hunger and Disease Erode Democracy,” by Lydia Polgreen], talks about the terrible conditions that continue to plague the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Over the past few days there have a number of interesting articles that in one way or another discuss the importance of investment, development, and interdependence. The first article is from the
Bolivia, under the left-leaning leadership of Evo Morales, is making another attempt at land reform. An article in the Washington Post [“Two Views of Justice Fuel Bolivian Land Battle: Owners Dig In
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