| What Makes a Nation Rich? One Economist's Big Answer 28 minutes ago by Michael W. Kruse Esquire: What Makes a Nation Rich? One Economist's Big Answer We are the rich, the haves, the developed. And most of the rest — in Africa, South Asia, and South America, the Somalias and Bolivias and Bangladeshes of the world — are the nots. It's always been this way, a globe divided by weal ... Kruse Kronicle - krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle · Rank: 9,279 ·  156 references |
| Will Innovation be More Important to the U.S. Economy in the Next Three ... 1 hour ago by Stephanie Susman According to the Newsweek-Intel Global Innovation survey, 78 percent of Americans say “yes.” Thirty years ago, the United States was nearing the end of the race for political, military, economic and technological domination with the Soviet Union. But more than that, the United States was an agent of ... Fleishman-Hillard Innovation - innovation.fleishmanhillard.com · Rank: 167,880 · 5 references |
| My latest read – Where Men Win Glory – The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 1 hour ago by donkasprzak I have a cousin on his third tour of Afghanistan and an old friend from school serving in Iraq’s Green Zone. This book is an honest look at a military tragedy and hits home for all who have loved ones serving our country overseas. Jon Krakauer has written a sobering, powerful book Where Men Win Glor ... DonKasprzak - donkasprzak.com · Rank: 111,775 · 2 references |
| How America went from a nation of producers to consumers. Part I: Post-war 3 hours ago by aaAAaBBaCCa “What has happened is that, in the last 20 years, America has changed from a producer to a consumer; and all consumers know that when the producer names the tune, the consumer has got to dance. The way it is. “We used to be a producer–very inflexible at that–and now we are consumers and finding it d ... BioDiverseCity Land Co-op - biodiversecity.com/blog |
| Wall Street Journal indepth report on growing labor discontent in India, at ... 7 hours ago by Edward Ferris In a major article today The Wall Street Journal reported: "Battle lines are being drawn in labor actions across India. Factory managers, amid the global economic downturn, want to pare labor costs and remove defiant workers. Unions are attempting to stop them, with slowdowns and strikes that h ... Edward Ferris - executiveinsight.typepad.com/executive_insight · 4 references |
| How to feed the world 8 hours ago by Michael W. Kruse Economist: How to feed the world IN 1974 Henry Kissinger, then America’s secretary of state, told the first world food conference in Rome that no child would go to bed hungry within ten years. Just over 35 years later, in the week of another United Nations food summit in Rome, 1 billion people will ... Kruse Kronicle - krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle · Rank: 9,279 · 156 references |
| U.S. Trade Policy Ranks Among World’s Worst 10 hours ago by Pete Murphy In Five Short Blasts, I based my conclusions on the relationship between population density and per capita consumption on trade data between the U.S. and the rest of the world. However, if my theory is valid, the same effect upon global trade imbalances (in manufactured products) should be found for ... "Five Short Blasts" Forum - petemurphy.wordpress.com · 19 references |
| DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU EXPECT LIVING IN A FREE SOCIETY… 12 hours ago by Tellurian WAKE-UP AND PAY ATTENTION! STOP Worrying About Your SPECIAL Interest. It Won’t Matter a HILL OF BEANS If Obama Signs Away OUR SOVEREIGNTY at the ‘UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY’ MEETING next month. Signing away our sovereignty means we will NO LONGER be an independent Nation. Therefore, our Co ... Pumas Unleashed - pumasunleashed.wordpress.com · Rank: 111,714 · 34 references |
| The surprising spread of "Idol" TV 12 hours ago by Michael W. Kruse "Cynthia Schneider looks at two international "American Idol"-style shows -- one in Afghanistan, and one in the United Arab Emirates -- and shows the surprising effect that these reality-TV competitions are creating in their societies." Fascinating stuff! She argues that far from Americanizing these ... Kruse Kronicle - krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle · Rank: 9,279 · 156 references |
| CO2 emissions still rising, natural sinking not enough 13 hours ago by reportingtheworldover The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world’s natural ‘sinks’ to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. An international team of researchers – under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project – re ... Reporting the World Over - reportingtheworldover.wordpress.com · 7 references |
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