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Global Development’s Winning Goals 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The world’s governments meet at the UN General Assembly on September 25 to discuss how to accelerate progress on the Millennium Development Goals, and also to agree on a new set of Sustainable Develop...
The Greenspan Temptation 27 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
The drafters of the US Constitution had to make a fundamental choice: Should they concentrate power in the hands of one man, or devise a political system in which decision-making influence would be mo...
The Global QE Exit Crisis 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
The global economy could be in the early stages of another crisis – and, once again, the Federal Reserve is in the eye of the storm. As the Fed attempts to exit from its unprecedented policy of massiv...
Why Bo Stole the Show 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
As show trials go, the drama featuring Bo Xilai, the once-swaggering, media-savvy former Communist Party chief of Chongqing, veered anomalously into improvisation. Bo might be heading to jail, but, by...
The Middle East’s Arc of Prosperity 26 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
The main justification cited for US Secretary of State John Kerry's decision to focus on Israel and Palestine – "if not now, never" – is almost certainly true. But there is another, equally strong rat...
Brazil’s Growth Imperative 23 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
In 10-15 years, Brazil will be faced with a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on its demographic dividend. But, unless its government takes action now to boost GDP and productivity growth through i...
Diplomacy and Double Standards 23 Aug 2013 | 03:20 pm
America's failure to cut off military aid to Egypt in response to the regime’s massacre of hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters is as clear a recent case of diplomatic hypocrisy as one can find. ...
The Arab Spring’s Unlikely Winner 22 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
The war in Iraq – which led in 2003 to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime – had one clear winner: Iran. Ten years later, we may be witnessing yet another ironic outcome in the region: At least for th...
Mosque or Modernity? 22 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
The West's modern civilization grew out of religious dissent that was initially met by the violence of the Inquisition and the Counter-Reformation. If Islam, particularly in the Middle East, is on a s...
China’s American Bailout? 22 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
The relationship between China’s export-led GDP growth and America’s over-consumption has shaped the twenty-first-century global economy. But, as growing economic imbalances raise the risk of a financ...
