Recent Articles
DEC 22, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Black Gold Shows Bitter Trade Problems
Why can't Africa access trade as a tool to generate wealth? Black Gold delves into the international coffee supply chain to find out where the ...
DEC 12, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Can "Responsible Stakeholder" Hold?
Two years ago, Robert Zoellick gave a celebrated speech that urged China to become a "responsible stakeholder" in the international system. This comment has come ...
DEC 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Market Crash May Burst Chinese Bubble Mentality
As the world should have learned from the Enron scandal in the United States, audited returns and sky-high share prices do not good companies make. ...
DEC 4, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Trade Policy for Humanity
Devin Stewart talks with Susan Aaronson about her new book, "Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policymaking," coauthored with Jamie ...
DEC 4, 2007 • Article
A Human Rights Argument for the Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Many human rights and labor rights leaders argue that the U.S. should not reward Colombia with a permanent free trade agreement right now because ...
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 • 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 ...
NOV 28, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Tapping Partnerships for Drinkable Water
About 1.2 billion people live without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, a number that will certainly grow without continued pressure for innovative ...