Friday, 03 February 2012 10:11
By Olivier De Schutter
 Every new bilateral agreement should be measured against how evenly spread its macroeconomic benefits will be
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering is normally little more than a toast to the benefits of increasing global GDP, trade, and inves [ … ]
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:58
By Juliet Torome
 Africans don’t treasure their historical artifacts because they remind them of their rich civilizations’ supposed inferiority
The news that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts that one of its researchers took from Peru in 1911 reminded me of a party that I attended recently [ … ]
Friday, 20 January 2012 12:57
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
 The world’s greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership
The world’s greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership. With a commitment to truth – scientific, ethical, and personal – a society can overcome the many crises of poverty, [ … ]
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 11:56
By Václav Havel
 Václav Havel, who died on December 18, was that rare intellectual who, rather than forcing his way into politics, had politics forced upon him. In 1998, while serving as President of the Czech Republic, he offered the following reflection on the benefits and dangers of his career path.
Does an inte [ … ]
Friday, 06 January 2012 13:13
By Naomi Wolf
 We are likely to see much greater centralization of top-down suppression – and a rash of laws that restrict human rights
What does the New Year hold for the global wave of protest that erupted in 2011? Did the surge of anger that began in Tunisia crest in lower Manhattan, or is 2012 likely to see a [ … ]
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