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OCT 23, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Light at the End of the Tunnel, But Where To?
Current U.S. policy amounts to fighting the slump by trying to return to business as usual even though it is recognized that U.S. ...
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OCT 23, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: How The Yes Men Fix the World
What can it tell us about our system of business ethics when two pranksters emulate corporations acting at their worst and best?
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OCT 22, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Beauty Salons Nailed for Labor Violations
Two-thirds of beauty salons have recently instituted green and sustainable practices to protect staff health, but in an industry attractive to immigrants there is a ...
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OCT 20, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Land Ethic
An economic restructuring based on a full understanding of the role of economic rent is needed for a new economic framework beyond both the old ...
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OCT 19, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Paradox of Securitization
The financial crisis has demonstrated that if we are going to act responsibly and make sound economic decisions from inside the capitalist framework, we need ...
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OCT 16, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: End of ICE Age, Dawn of Smart Grid
The largest fuel shift in world history will push America's antiquated electricity system to evolve into a smart grid, and in the process it will ...
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OCT 9, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Minding Our Minerals
Certain resources are destined for depletion if they become locked into built infrastructure or recovery costs prove too high. But this could all change if ...
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OCT 7, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Rise of Climate Protectionism
A new and dangerous form of trade and technology protectionism is fast emerging in the name of climate change, and it is poisoning North-South relations ...
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OCT 7, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Informal Economy Pulls Migrants to Europe
Politicians are unwilling to admit that the informal economy provides low-paying work for paperless migrants in Southern Europe, and that border control is impotent without ...
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OCT 6, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Civilizing Globalization: Human Rights and the Global Economy
Policy Innovations interviews human rights expert David Kinley on his new book Civilising Globalisation: Human Rights and the Global Economy. Kinley explains his strategy for "...