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- Privatization, efficiency, gender, development, and inequality—transnational conflicts over access to water and sanitation
- Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace by Vandana Shiva. Boston, MA: South End Press, 2005. Gender, Water, and Development edited by Anne Coles and Tina Wallace. New York: Berg, 2005. Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power by Sanjeev Khagram. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004....
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- "Globality" Podcast: Emerging Economies Doing it Their Way
- A while back I posted on "Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything," a new book written by three experts from the Boston Consulting Group, Harold L. Sirkin, James W. Hemerling and Arindam K. Bhattacharya. A smart discourse on how local companies in developing economies, such...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- 7 Key Points of "Globality"
- While the global economy has been a hot topic for at least two decades, it is in constant need of updating. A new book, "Globality. Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything," written by three Boston Consulting Group experts, does the job nicely. The update, by Harold...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Tom Peters: Don't Sweat the Recession
- I've posted on some alarmist points of view regarding our economy. It only fits that I should post on Tom Peters' The Train Keeps on Rolling. He notes that despite decades worth of pronouncements of doom on America's position in the world economy, including his own,...
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Groups versus individuals in Hume's political economy
- So great is the force of laws, and of particular forms of government, and so little dependence have they on the humours and tempers of men, that consequences almost as general and certain may sometimes be deduced from them, as any...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Canada's workers movement: uneven developments
- WITHIN THE CONTEXT of North America, Canada's economy, politics, and labour movement, as well as the country's diverse cultures, have a dual, almost divided, character. On the one hand, they exhibit highly independent and distinctive features; on the other, they are deeply entwined with--indeed operating in the shadow of and...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- The political quiescence of the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe: an opportunity cost framework
- Introduction The early 1990s in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe were a period of unprecedented, large-scale social change. This included a simultaneous transition to democracy and the market under conditions of often severe social-economic hardship, including soaring poverty and unemployment rates and declining industrial output and real wages (UNICEF...
- Research articles 2006-06-22
- The loss of agricultural land among black farmers
- Section 1 Introduction, Background Information and the Issues Justifications For Researching Black Land Ownership In the political economy of capitalism, access to land ownership ranks high as one of the critical factors of production (Marx 1970 & 1977; Mill 1997; Falk 1996). Not only are landed properties...
- Research articles 2006-06-22
- Economy against prescriptivism: internal and expernal factors of language change
- Abstract. This paper provides a short overview of some principles of the Minimalist Program, as originally outlined in Chomsky (1995). Within this framework, sentences are constructed in as economic a way as possible, e.g. movement is restricted. I formulate a few of these economy principles more precisely (the Head Preference...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- U.S. Economy Most Competitive in the World
- Oil's nearing $100 a barrel, and despite the stronger than expected growth rate in the third quarter, business confidence is as low as it was when the economy was just climbing out of a recession in 2002. With so many worrying statistics and gloomy predictions, it's hard to know how...
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Economy Grows While Consumer Spending Stalls
- Energy prices continue to soar, the stock market's seen better days and the housing market leaves much to be desired. Is it really wise to get excited over a 3.4 percent growth in the GDP from the first to second quarter? Maybe not. Bloomberg.com attributes the growth...
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- How Big Is the U.S. Economy, Really?
- It's easy enough to say, "oh, yeah, the U.S. has a $13-something trillion GDP -- it's the biggest economy in the world." But when you take each U.S. state and rename it for a national economy of about the same size, a more telling picture starts to take shape. Strange...
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Is Taking a Vacation Good for the Economy?
- In a Sidewalk Stories feature, BNET surveys managers and employees about whether they believe taking a vacation is a help or hindrance to the overall health of the economy.
- Videos 2006-01-01
- The Concept Of The State In Australian Industrial Relations Theory
- Australians are said to have a characteristic talent for bureaucracy; yet they have paid little scholarly attention to the state. The state and its personnel have been an accepted part of the political landscape, examined from time to time by curious...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- Constitutionalism In East Central Europe? The Case Of Slovakia Under Meciar
- In a recent issue of the East European Constitutional Review, Ewa Letowska recounts the following anecdote: A hungry traveler walks into a shady restaurant in Moscow. He sits down and inspects the menu. "I'll have the pork chops," he says. "We don't have any," answers the waiter. "Well then, I'll...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- Is AIG Hurting Obama?
- Less than 100 days into his presidency Barack Obama's approval rating remains strong but, it's a different story when it comes to the handling of AIG. Dean Reynolds reports from Peoria, Ill.
- Videos 2009-03-23
- The True Costs Of Recovery
- Based upon reports and studies from past recessions and major previous fiscal crises, financial experts have offered a bleak economic forecast for the next several years. Anthony Mason reports.
- Videos 2009-03-19
- Georgia Town Faces Recession
- "Only On The Web:" Known as the "carpet capital of the world," residents in the community of Dalton, Georgia now face massive economic setbacks due to the slump in construction.
- Videos 2009-03-20
- Washington Unplugged 03.20.09
- John Dickerson speaks with Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee and our roundtable about AIG and the future of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Also, veteran court artist William Hennessy.
- Videos 2009-03-20
- Should Geithner Go?
- Chris Wragge speaks with the "Early Line" panel, journalists John Fund, Michael Santoli, and Ali Velshi, as they discuss Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the fallout over the AIG bonuses.
- Videos 2009-03-23
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