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All that Glitters is not Golden
Written by thesydneyglobalist
Our world is more democratic than ever. Proving the post-Cold War mass democratization to be a historical rather than circumstantial development, the proliferation of democratic regimes has continued to the present day. Look at the Arab Spring, Egypt, and the unrest that continues to unnerve non-democratic regimes in countries such […]
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At Risk of the Flu
Written by thesydneyglobalist
“Only a crisis- actual or perceived- produces real change”- Milton Friedman In September 2011, Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre stood at a scientific conference in Malta and announced that he had created a mutated strain of Avian Influenza that could be the deadliest contagious disease in history. Concurrently, […]
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Thriving together in the economic storm
Written by Velma
The current economic crisis has no doubt affected every country in one way or another. I can only speak of my own experience. As I described in my previous blog, many citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina are dependent upon remittances from their relatives living in more developed parts of the world. The 1992-1995 war displaced […]
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An emerging cycling culture in Singapore?
Written by The Singapore Globalist
Anyone can learn to ride a bicycle. But in Singapore, one big question remains: Will you dare to? The clash of attitudes between vehicle users and cyclists, coupled with the fringe presence of a reckless cyclist racing sub-culture, may explain why the cycling culture has failed to take off in […]
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Lighting a Fire in the Economy
Written by Josh Grundleger
An economy is, in many ways, like a forest. It is constructed by opposing and necessary forces that together strengthen the whole. Without the destructive, the constructive would cease to exist. Without fire, the forest would choke on its own excess. Without economic downturn and job loss, so would an economy.
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Brazil: Jobs in Hiding
Written by Julia Averbuck
When I moved to the United States from Brazil in August of 2008, I was ready to become part of the long-famous phenomenon of brain drain. As I first stepped onto my college campus, I envisioned the future smoothly: amazing grades, a wonderful finance internship on Wall Street, followed by […]
