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DEC 4, 2007 • Podcast
Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy
Altman stayed awake for 24 hours tuned to the wire services to study the global economy. He discusses the growing clout of emerging economies, the business ...
NOV 30, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: A Kite Runner Approach to Understanding Corruption
All sins are a variation of theft, according to the father character in Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. Corruption is theft of public trust ...
NOV 30, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Opt-out Marriage
Globalization increases the flexibility of labor markets, but increased mobility goes hand in hand with increased economic uncertainty, especially among young professionals. Their romantic lifestyles ...
NOV 29, 2007 • Podcast
Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods
Deflecting asteroids, eradicating polio, coordinating international time, mitigating climate change--Scott Barrett explains the different incentives and actors needed to supply these global public goods, where ...
NOV 29, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Unions Improve Jobs at the Bottom
One in three American jobs is low-wage work that often doesn't pay enough to make ends meet. Unionization substantially improves pay and benefits in these ...