Tim Harford wrote an excellent piece for openDemocracy earlier this year on Thomas Schelling - winner of the so-called "Nobel prize for economics" - and his game theory. I
The lethargy that permeated the first three days of the WTO summit in Hong Kong may at last be lifting. At the halfway stage of the summit, one trade observer
I saw Stephen Gaghan's new film Syriana last night and it is an awesome achievment.
Gaghan has aimed for an "honest reflection of the post-9/11
I love waking up to the sound of openDemocracy contributors in the morning. Gisela Stuart and John Palmer were on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning, continuing
A couple of days ago, I found this website: www.invisiblechildren.com .Three American students made a documentary on child soldiers in Uganda. These children are invisible because they don’
Found this fantastic set of web exclusive songs, videos and all sorts of things wonderful on The Wire magazine's site.
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Two days of arm-twisting and back-scratching have passed, and the Hong Kong ministerial is heading into the final four days of arm-breaking and back-stabbing.
Throughout the
As you read this, trade ministers from around the world are arriving to attend the 6th Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Hong Kong. At the Hong
Democracy activist and 1991 Nobel Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released a few hours ago. Placed repeatedly under house arrest since her party won the National League for
That, it seems, wasn't the big one. True, Korean farmers rushed the riot police and got a few cans of pepper spray in the eyes. In fact, they
Why has everyone in the (British) media been unable to resist damning the new Chronicles of Narnia film as "filthy CS Lewis propaganda masquerading as harmless, family fun"
Today, at 4:00pm, Sheila Jasanoff, Professor at Harvard University, gives a speech on how, following Hurricane Katrina, America rediscovered poverty. The physical risks of a Category 5 hurricane were
