Month: January 2010

What happens when you hand out money like candy at Halloween to government contractors overseas to rebuild infrastructure in Afghanistan, and then you fail to properly check take sure the work is being done? Take a wild-assed...

The media has a substantial influence on the shape of public opinion, and it is important to understand how the landscape of media is changing, as well as how news coverage portrays issues, individuals and groups of people....

It’s aggravating to read about the Bankers making out like bandits after their poor decisions left so many jobless, homeless, and destitute. On the other hand, if the banks were all still facing nationalization or...

Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet. The story of Kasinthula Cane Growers Limited (KCGL), Malawi’s second biggest sugar farmer cooperative with 282 farmers, is just one of many examples of innovative business models...

Rather than making plans to explain proper child-rearing practices to the Haitians, I wish David Brooks had stuck to his discussion of the limitations of humanitarian aid to effect economic growth. I thought the study he cited...