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DEC 19, 2008 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Trade Liberalization and the Financial Crisis

What does the financial crisis imply? Should we liberalize trade on agriculture and services? Or should we protect domestic producers?

The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009

DEC 19, 2008 Podcast

The Measure of America

Following the UNDP model, this report uses a Human Development Index that provides a single measure of well-being for all Americans. The disturbing results reveal ...

DEC 16, 2008 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Seth Kaplan on "Fixing Fragile States"

Seth Kaplan looks at how weak states can promote and leverage "social cohesion" to help build development from the bottom up.

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DEC 16, 2008 Podcast

Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities

The international community has begun to consider the "highest attainable standard of health" as a fundamental component of the human rights agenda, alongside related issues ...

Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization

DEC 12, 2008 Podcast

Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization

How can we understand the dynamics of globalization? Author David Singh Grewal explains that the idea of network power supplies a coherent set of terms ...

DEC 12, 2008 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Chong-Pin Lin

Dr. Lin discusses Taiwan's current political crisis; relations with China; climate change; the future of democracy in East Asia; what Obama's presidency may mean for ...

DEC 12, 2008 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Robots, the Battlefield, and Ethics

Can intelligent robot soldiers be designed to be more ethical in battle than human soldiers? Would you prefer a robot or a human deciding about ...

DEC 11, 2008 Podcast

Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and other Economic Leaders

Michael Kinsley and William Easterly discuss Bill Gates's controversial proposal for "creative capitalism," in which big corporations integrate doing good into their way of doing ...

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DEC 10, 2008 Podcast

Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East

The neocons and al-Qaeda have both failed to reach their objectives, says Gilles Kepel. We are now facing one big power in the Middle East: ...

DEC 9, 2008 Podcast

Legacy of Ashes? Part II

This symposium hosted by Boston University and the Carnegie Council discusses "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," Tim Weiner’s exposé on the ...