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MAY 13, 2010 • Article
Book Review: "The End of the Free Market" by Ian Bremmer
State capitalism differs from free-market capitalism in that politics rather than profit is the main driver of decision-making. For this reason, it threatens to curtail ...
MAY 12, 2010 • Podcast
Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East
Bernard Lewis is one of the world's foremost Western scholars on Islam. In this eloquent talk he shares some of his knowledge, and explains how ...
MAY 11, 2010 • Podcast
Devin Stewart Interviews Unmesh Brahme, Cofounder of the Climate Civics Institute
Unmesh Brahme of HSBC India discusses his newly-launched Climate Civics Institute, which grew out of a Yale World Fellowship. The Institute's mission is to create ...
MAY 11, 2010 • Podcast
The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World
Ben Wildavsky shows how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education, and why this revolution should be welcomed, not ...
MAY 10, 2010 • Podcast
Open Primaries: William Vocke Interviews Abel Maldonado, Lieutenant Governor of California
Under the current system, California has a deadlocked, polarized legislature that can't get anything done, says Lt. Gov. Maldonado. The solution is to create an ...