Jesse and Grace are becoming very aware that everything (or most things) are made in China. They are constantly looking for the labels on all of our products and then enthusiastically proclaiming their origin. They were shocked this morning when they discovered that James' binky was "Made in Germany"! When Grace made this discovery, Jesse had to see it for himself before he would ...

The Political and Economic Wisdom of Cows DEMOCRAT You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You push for higher taxes so the government can provide cows for everyone. REPUBLICAN You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. And Your Point? SOCIALIST You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him ...

... on bailouts totaling $100 billion, 69 percent of the global total, from sources led by the International Monetary Fund and ... eastern Europe economist in London at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, said he doesn't see "significant risks over time ... -markets research analyst at New York-based Roubini Global Economics, is less optimistic and says some assumptions about the drivers of growth may ...

... , series of lectures and other events about topics including global environment, global economics, global information, global ... Millennium Development Goals (www.cmdg.ch) and the Global Marshall Plan (www.globalmarshallplan.org). ... AIESEC Basel to students (we already recruited new members thanks to our presence at Global View), faculty, and outside organizations while creating a new way to assure ...

... specific claim that their support of geoengineering is somehow “bad economics.” As we’ll see, Levitt and Dubner might be wrong in their views on global warming, but if so they are wrong because of the numbers. Regardless of their other possible sins, Levitt and Dubner should be acquitted of DeLong’s accusation ...

... debtors. The most basic question to be addressed in analyzing the morality of economics is whether human beings have a right to life. Most people would say yes. Many would consider the answer so obvious that the ... or one's countrymen. Overly-pessimistic alarms about such phenomena as global warming also become part of the litany of doomsayers. This latter-day Malthusianism is more prevalent ...