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NOV 17, 2008 Podcast

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

From the scapegoating of "witches" in Africa, to the pitfalls of speed-dating, to the cultures that foster corruption, Raymond Fisman explores the economics and psychology ...

NOV 14, 2008 Podcast

David Speedie Interviews Ted Sorensen

"A president who doesn't go to war may show more courage than one who does," said JFK. In a wide-ranging conversation, Sorensen discusses JFK, Cuba, ...

NOV 14, 2008 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Obama: Hope and Change, but for Whom?

How will President Obama deal with the hopes and fears of people abroad? Will his priority be the interests of the U.S. or will ...

NOV 12, 2008 Podcast

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

How did the modern Middle East come about? Who were the British and Americans who shaped this region, from the 1882 British invasion of Egypt to ...

image of book cover - The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism

NOV 11, 2008 Podcast

The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism

America is facing a profound triple crisis: the economy, the government, and an involvement in endless wars. This threatens all of us, Republicans and Democrats ...

NOV 7, 2008 Podcast

Business and Human Rights: Achievements and Prospects

UN Special Representative John Ruggie presents his conceptual framework for business and human rights, and his plan to develop practical recommendations for all relevant stakeholders.

NOV 7, 2008 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Disaster Relief and Ethics

We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?

The Shape of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century

NOV 4, 2008 Podcast

The Shape of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century

French intellectual Laurent Cohen-Tanugi argues that economic globalization exists in a complex dialectic with the traditional geopolitics that it has, ironically, helped to revive.

Ark of the Liberties: America and the World

NOV 4, 2008 Podcast

Ark of the Liberties: America and the World

Ted Widmer shows that from its beginnings, the United States, for all its shortfalls, has been by far the world's greatest advocate for freedom.

OCT 31, 2008 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Slow Versus Fast Food

Is fast food an ethical as well as a dietary issue? Yes, says the slow-food movement whose motto is: good, clean, fair food. Let's look ...