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OCT 29, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Searching for the Ethical Blogger

Blogs have evolved into a powerful sociopolitical force capable of shaping opinion, breaking news, and giving a voice to the voiceless. But with great chatter ...

CREDIT: <a href="hhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chpaquette/3831458987/">Christopher Paquette</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 25, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Local Produce vs. Global Trade

Food policy based on think global, buy local may create contradictory choices when it comes to helping the environment and poor-country farmers.

A tanker tossed ashore in Australia. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rainforest/560362387/">Jer Min Kok</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 24, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Has Trade Run Aground?

As astonishing as it seems, globalization is playing better in Pretoria than in Peoria. Two recent surveys show Western attitudes toward global trade hardening even ...

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has <br>called for a timeout on trade agreements. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/83681952@N00/744250138/">Llima Orosa</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 23, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: ROUNDTABLE: Future of U.S. Trade Policy

With Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton calling for a "timeout" on future free trade agreements and support for free trade waning among Republicans, Policy Innovations asked ...

Cover image, Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization, by Nayan Chanda

OCT 23, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Impulse to Truck and Trade

Devin Stewart interviews YaleGlobal Online editor Nayan Chanda about his new book, Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/integralfocus/83966554/">Jake Brewer</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Merck's Dubai Ethics Center

Resolute ethical business standards can be a distinct bottom-line liability for companies operating in environments where corruption is more the rule than the exception. To ...

OCT 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Enclave Effect

New research suggests that signing a trade agreement with the United States may not bring the desired investment, and if investment comes it may not ...

Pakistani piggybanks, or <em>gallas</em>. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/umairmohsin/121150243/">Umair Mohsin</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 10, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Moral Interest in Banking

Pakistan, whose constitution requires that all laws be brought in conformity with sharia, is transitioning to a completely interest-free economy. Islamic finance is booming in ...

USSR or USA? Poster from the <br>Washington-Baltimore commuter train. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ford/18197735/">Jason Ford</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

OCT 5, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Spoofing Big Brother

Conceptual artist Hasan Elahi documents his every move online with hundreds of pictures. He photographs the toilets he uses, the food he eats, the places ...

American soldiers with Iraqi children

OCT 3, 2007 Article

Some Good News from Iraq: Sweet Sixteen

Not all the news from Iraq is bad. Three years ago, Soham lost both her legs in a terrorist attack. American soldiers fly her to ...