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Tom Fries Twitter: @tom_friesTom

Erstwhile neuroscientist ('97-'00), rowing coach ('99-'10), business student ('07-'09) and cupcake entrepreneur ('09). Now enjoying international work in the Germany and Washington offices of one of Germany's most prominent think tanks.
  • Olympic Rings in London / flickr user duncan c / CC-BY-NC-3.0

    The Olympics: A Tale of Two Worlds

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    Do the Olympic Games provide a unique opportunity for us to come together on a level playing field, or are they just one more circumstance in which the differences between the developed and developing worlds are shown in stark relief?

  • Future Challenges seeks bloggers in Brazil!

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    Future Challenges and the ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics seek bloggers for the Global Economic Symposium (GES) 2012 in Rio de Janeiro! Click here for a preview of the conference (PDF).   Whom are we looking for? We’re looking for bloggers who are living in Brazil – ideally in […]

  • Get “Smart”: Paving the Way to a More Efficient NATO

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    Future Challenges is excited to be able to partner with Atlantic Community, a web-based think tank that aims to end the exclusivity of policy discourse and give voice to a new generation of thinkers and young leaders – something Future Challenges wholeheartedly supports! We’re getting involved by publicizing some of these […]

  • Earth Day

    Earth Day

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    What does Earth Day mean to a changing world? Tom Fries considers the roles of policy and market forces in managing our natural resources. And what do bloggers from all over the world think about Earth Day?