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#TAFTA #TTIP ist nicht nur ein ökonomisches Thema – es geht vor allem um Verbraucher und Bürger
Written by Ole Wintermann
“Internet und Globalisierung” lautet die Überschrift der derzeitigen Kooperation des virtuellen Think Tanks Internet & Gesellschaft Collaboratory und unserem Projekt Futurechallenges.org. Wie beeinflussen sich Globalisierung und die Entwicklung des Internets gegenseitig? Die aktuellen Verhandlungen um ein Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den USA und der EU fokussieren dabei alle zentralen Fragen, die […]
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TAFTA/TTIP and the Story of Inclusiveness: A Transatlantic Fairy Tale
Written by Marc Venhaus
It’s now official: TAFTA/TTIP is finally on the negotiation table with the potential to become solid transatlantic reality within the next two or three years. The extremely short timeframe of this joint endeavor might sound very ambitious. Yet both the EU and the US are eager to sign this far-reaching agreement […]
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With ACTA Lessons Unlearned, An Uncertain Future for “21st Century” Free Trade Agreements
Written by Michael Carbone
Our blogger Michael Carbone reports about the Bertelsmann Foundation’s fifth annual conference which focuses on economic growth through innovation, global financial governance and the eurozone crisis: “System Upgrade: Time for an Economic Reboot“. As representatives from around the world arrived in Washington DC for the Spring Meetings of the World […]
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How Not to Run the Global Economy: International Trade and Finance as Geo-Political Maneuvering
Written by Michael Carbone
Our blogger Michael Carbone reports about the Bertelsmann Foundation’s fifth annual conference which focuses on economic growth through innovation, global financial governance and the eurozone crisis: “System Upgrade: Time for an Economic Reboot“. In the lead-up to IMF and World Bank’s Spring Meetings, the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Financial Times […]
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Crossing Borders For Health: Mexico and the USA
Written by arzaba
When you consider what nations have the most effective health care systems, most Mexicans think of countries like Cuba, where the welfare state provides comprehensive general medicine, or France, where the complete health care system is mostly financed by a governmental national health insurance. Their home country of Mexico hardly comes to mind. […]
