NOV 29, 2005 • Podcast
Rx for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge
Hilts warns that the emergence of new diseases and the resurgence of old ones has put the world on the brink of a global health ...
NOV 21, 2005 • Podcast
German Immigration Issues
Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily addresses the problems of integrating immigrants into German society and talks about the progress made, which includes ...
NOV 9, 2005 • Podcast
ILLICIT: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy
Moises Naim explains that the counterfeit trade is worth 630 billion dollars a year, including fake airplane parts, medicines and even gas stations, and growth in ...
NOV 3, 2005 • Article
Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): The $100 Laptop: The Next Two Billion People to Go Digital
Negroponte's latest venture, One Laptop per Child, is a non-profit organization that manufactures and distributes inexpensive laptops to children worldwide.
OCT 27, 2005 • Podcast
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
Political economist Benjamin Friedman argues that economic growth is a prerequisite for a liberal, open society. He contends that it encourages tolerance, democracy and generous ...
OCT 26, 2005 • Podcast
Is a Fairer Globalization Possible?
A distinguished panel of Kemal Davis, Steve Macedo, and Mary Robinson outline the problems of growing inequality caused by globalization and propose practical solutions. Moderated ...
OCT 19, 2005 • Podcast
Chinese Ambitions and the Future of Asia
American attention is focused on the "war on terror." But 20 years from now we may look back and realise that the rise of China and ...