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NOV 15, 2007 Journal

Reading Tariq Ramadan: Political Liberalism, Islam, and "Overlapping Consensus"

"Much of the disagreement and controversy over Ramadan's significance arguably stems not from a disagreement over what he is on record as having asserted or ...

NOV 13, 2007 Article

Responsible Profit: Climate Change and the Green Economy

This rapporteur's summary from the third Workshop for Ethics in Business features discussion of the social aspiration gap, personal carbon trading, building megacommunities to solve ...

General David H. Petraeus, Pentagon Press Briefing, 2007

NOV 11, 2007 Article

Iraq After the "Surge"

Is the "surge" working? McCausland analyzes its results in four different areas of Iraqi life: political, military, diplomatic, and economic. He goes on to discuss ...

Has the sun set on cheap, plentiful oil? <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ccgd/226344463/">Calum Davidson</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 9, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Inflation Fuels Global Hunger

Despite the best efforts of central bankers everywhere, inflation is making a comeback, and everyone's feeling the pinch of rising food and fuel prices.

Not your average cup of joe, GULDEN coffee engages in Direct Trade with farmers in Valle de Cauca, Colombia.

NOV 7, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Gulden Coffee Story

Not your average cup of joe, GULDEN coffee differentiates itself from large producers by specialty roasting and Direct Trade practices that bring the company in ...

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

NOV 1, 2007 Article

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Necessary World Efforts Prior to a U.S.-sponsored Conference

Wadlow suggests three points that the world community should press the U.S. to include in the upcoming conference: Hamas should be invited; a wider ...

Solar cell on a parking meter in Seattle. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/drmartin/1407097573/" target=_blank>Daniel Reed Martin</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us" target=_blank>CC</a>).

OCT 31, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Blueprint for Today's Sustainability

Today's sustainability builds CSR and environmental awareness on brand value and the bottom line. But what are companies actually doing to achieve this? The good ...

CREDIT: &copy; <a href="http://www.ianwatkinson.co.uk/" target=_blank>Ian Watkinson</a>.

OCT 30, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Shaping the Change

Evan O'Neil talks with Dr. Manuel "Butch" Montes of the UN's Financing for Development Office about well-being, trade negotiations, and social change in the Asian ...

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.