Tag: Global
High-technology drones and surveillance: How the US tracks terrorists
The United States employed state-of-the-art technology to hunt down Osama Bin Laden that gives a view into the state of the modern military....
World No Tobacco Day: Does it help people quit smoking?
The dangers of tobacco and cigarettes are very well known, but people all over the world continue to smoke. Will World No Tobacco Day make a difference?...
Oprah Winfrey's worldwide influence
Oprah Winfrey's talk show is aired in about 150 countries, and it's been the model of scores of talk shows around the world....
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's rape charges and the future of the IMF
New York Police boarded a plane and arrested IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges. The future direction of the IMF is in question....
Learning from the global poor
People have many misconceptions surrounding the global poor. Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are destroying those misconceptions....
Impact of global events on oil prices
How the crisis in Japan and protests throughout the Middle East are raising the price of oil, and hurting the American economy. ...
The global front line of carbon tax
Australia has become a battleground over taxing carbon, pitting conservatives against liberals in a fight over climate change. ...
Investing in catastrophes
A market for so catastrophe bonds is growing in the United States as natural disasters become more frequent and more severe....
How protests take down dictatorships
Popular protests in places like Egypt and Libya are still about convincing the country's elites....
Why Libya can scare the economy
The fighting in Libya has many in the financial markets scared. Further unrest could threaten the US economic recovery....
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