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Death to Online Freedom
Written by The Oxonian Globalist
In January 2012, Google, Wikipedia and Flickr temporarily closed their websites in protest of two proposed U.S. Congressional bills: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The legislation, if enacted, would have undermined online freedom of speech, and would have allowed governments and corporations to […]
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Spooks behaving badly
Written by The Oxonian Globalist
Recent academic work has delivered a blow to the neoconservative agenda. Specifically, leading academics argue that past CIA interventions make countries less democratic, primarily benefiting U.S. corporations at the developing world’s expense. The results cast doubt on aggressive foreign policy’s ability to promote democracy abroad. Economists and political scientists have […]
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God’s abode for the homeless in a big city
Written by Tarun
As part of our coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for sustainable urban living? But it could also be a negative example in order to show how a city should not […]
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Should we still believe the IMF?
Written by sergio.marx
Since the end of the 1970s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have advised developing countries to adopt pro-growth policies, supposed to be a vector for jobs and well-being. But in many cases, these reforms have led to growth without jobs. The English economist John Williamson named […]
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Tackling debt through economic growth?
Written by Thiess Petersen
Basically, there are two answers to the question of how the problem states of the eurozone can tackle their sovereign debt crises – austerity and growth. In my last blog I discussed the options and limits of tackling debt through austerity measures. This blog will look at what kind of […]
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Some glimpses of Skardu City in Pakistan
Written by Maria Farooq
As part of our coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for sustainable urban living? But it could also be a negative example in order to show how a city should not […]
