Opinion / Thought Leaders

Why fair trade?

[2012-03-26 15:26]

Historically, the term "fair trade" has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was founded in Britain in 1881 to restrict imports from foreign countries.

Foreign policy forgotten

[2012-03-26 13:39]

The world might expect that the American people – the stewards of the world's only superpower, – would be far more engaged on foreign-policy questions.

The energy deficit

[2012-03-21 17:14]

Political pundits agree that presidential approval ratings are highly correlated with gas prices: when prices go up, a president's poll ratings go down.

Intelligent urban design

[2012-03-21 17:00]

Cities matter, as they always have, but now more of the world is starting to take notice of their problems and possibilities.

Gone with the wind

[2012-03-19 15:11]

Efforts to stem global warming have nurtured a strong urge worldwide to deploy renewable energy.

Europe's trust deficit

[2012-03-13 15:33]

There is no shortage of talk nowadays about Europe's deficits and the need to correct them. Critics point to governments' gaping budget deficits.

Free-trade blinders

[2012-03-12 17:10]

While globalization occasionally raises difficult questions about the legitimacy of its redistributive effects, we should not respond automatically by restricting trade.

What's wrong with transformational leadership?

[2012-03-09 15:15]

The problem of America's role in the 21st century is not one of "decline," but rather of developing the contextual intelligence to understand that even the largest country cannot achieve what it wants without others' help.

China's growing growth risks

[2012-03-07 17:02]

If everything goes right for China, it will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy, in current dollar terms (and more quickly in real terms), by 2021.

Asia's take on austerity

[2012-03-07 16:01]

Europe is slipping back into recession just when recovery in the United States is finally getting some traction.

Japan's rubble economy

[2012-03-07 14:57]

On March 11, a year will have passed since Japan was struck by the triple tragedy of an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident.

Jeremy Lin and the political economy of superstars

[2012-03-07 14:52]

Lin's success is delicious, partly because it contradicts so many cultural prejudices about Asian-American athletes.

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