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Category Archives: world affairs

evolution of the global political economy and its macro and micro effects

featured, history & society, in other words, the middle east, world affairs

An Unforgiving Day

Author The Editor Date July 21, 2014

This past weekend was a painful reminder that blood still runs think in humanity’s borderlands.

finance & economics, financial crisis, headline, history & society, world affairs

Divided We Fall: The Dangerous State of Partisan Politics

Author The Editor Date November 10, 2012

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Tagged economics, history, obama, politics, psychology |
featured, financial crisis, world affairs

the great recession: act ii

Author The Editor Date August 11, 2010

At issue is an age old debate between two economic philosophies: stimulus as a life vest versus stimulus as a straitjacket.

Tagged austerity, bailout, banking system, capitalism, crisis, debate, financial markets, geopolitics, history, macroeconomics, stimulus |
financial crisis, in other words, world affairs

the spanish prisoner

Author The Editor Date February 11, 2010

Zapatero is not a good driver. It’s like a boat, which in calm waters steers fine, but when it gets bumpy, they are not prepared.

Tagged capitalism, crisis, europe, leadership, leverage, macroeconomics, policy, regulation, speculation, unemployment |
finance & economics, history & society, in other words, world affairs

one island, two worlds

Author The Editor Date February 2, 2010

It isn’t surprising that so-called “ambulance economics” has gained mass policy appeal as the global economy descends into madness, despite a legacy of failure.

Tagged development, empires, geography, haiti, history, policy, recovery |
in other words, science & tech, the middle east, world affairs

calculated terror

Author The Editor Date December 22, 2009

The same statistical biases that contributed to the recent financial chaos may cause more harm in the real world than they ever did on Wall Street.

Tagged middle east, politics, software, technology, war |
history & society, in other words, world affairs

war games

Author The Editor Date December 16, 2009
Scores of advanced military technologies – from radio to the Internet to GPS –...
fiction & art, history & society, in other words, world affairs

i met the walrus

Author The Editor Date March 16, 2009
“In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape...
Tagged art, history, illustration, interview, music, politics, short film, video |
financial crisis, in other words, world affairs

strong arm of the lawmakers

Author The Editor Date February 13, 2009
Few economists now doubt that private household spending and corporate investment will rescue the...
Tagged efficient markets, financial markets, growth, obama, regulation, stimulus |
in other words, the middle east, world affairs

the forever war

Author The Editor Date January 5, 2009
If there’s any doubt remaining among global power-brokers that short-term foreign policy objectives are...
Tagged geopolitics, history, middle east, policy, war |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words, world affairs

the 44th president

Author The Editor Date November 5, 2008
While the world comes to terms with yesterday’s historic call for change, Nouriel Roubini...
Tagged china, geopolitics, health care, history, obama, policy |
finance & economics, in other words, world affairs

the great black north

Author The Editor Date October 3, 2008
As Canadians flock to the polls later this month, quietly supplying 22% of America’s...
Tagged canada, energy, environment, geopolitics, infrastructure, oil, policy, trade |
finance & economics, world affairs

speculations on an oil tariff

Author The Editor Date March 25, 2008
Assuming that the United States decides to impose a $25 per barrel tariff on...
Tagged economics, energy, fiscal, geopolitics, oil, policy, trade | 1 Comment |
finance & economics, world affairs

question 3

Author The Editor Date February 29, 2008
An excerpt from the mid-term “problem set” in ENR-302… 3. The country of Xanadu...
Tagged energy, geopolitics, policy, regulation, theory, trade |
finance & economics, in other words, world affairs

the geopolitics of dope

Author The Editor Date February 1, 2008
Another interesting analysis on the trade-off between economics and security. In this case, the...
finance & economics, financial crisis, history & society, world affairs

private risk, public reward

Author The Editor Date January 18, 2008
An expanded look at the role corporations and hospitable business environments have played in...
Tagged business, corporation, economics, geopolitics, government, hegemonic stability, history, policy, trade |
history & society, in other words, world affairs

factors of destruction

Author The Editor Date January 16, 2008
In this recent Times OpEd, Rochester economics professor Steve Landsburg points out how easily...
Tagged consumption, leverage, macroeconomics, statistics, theory, trade |
history & society, world affairs

War Wearied

Author The Editor Date January 10, 2008

The American public has responded in similar and predictable ways to each of the country’s three major conflicts since World War II.

2 Comments |
finance & economics, history & society, world affairs

the rise of global corporations

Author The Editor Date December 12, 2007
This paper was written for quite possibly the best combination of professor and class...
Tagged business, capital markets, corporations, geopolitics, government, history, politics, trade |
finance & economics, in other words, world affairs

victory is sweet

Author The Editor Date November 20, 2007
Once the white gold of the natural resource world, catalyst of Caribbean war, and...
Tagged agriculture, consumption, development, trade |
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