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DEC 9, 2009 Podcast

How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities

The market's failure was not simply a result of greed, mass myopia, or government failure, says John Cassidy, although these were all contributing factors. "I ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/limonada/217721146/">Emilie Eagan (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

DEC 8, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Building Sustainability for PlaNYC

If New York's Greener, Greater Buildings Plan becomes law this week it will be a significant step toward urban environmental sustainability. Can the policies transfer ...

DEC 4, 2009 Podcast

Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present

Should civil resistance be seen as potentially replacing violence completely, or as a phenomenon that operates in conjunction with, and as a modification of, power ...

DEC 4, 2009 Podcast

Democracy and Waging War

In a difficult and protracted war democracies may accept a draw due to a lack of public support. If you were caught between bowing to ...

"Stethoscope" by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitualis/137213564/" target=_blank">vitualis</a>, (CC)

DEC 4, 2009 Article

Rationing Healthcare? We're Already Doing It

The question today is not whether to start rationing healthcare. We are already rationing, based in large part on the ability to pay. The question ...