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Hong Kong Rages at Wave of Pregnant Chinese
Enid Tsui
The Financial Times
, 10 February 2012
The trend could end the city’s semblance of independence
Twitter's New Censorship Plan Rouses Global Furor
The Associated Press
, 9 February 2012
Twitter tightens the reins on its social force
Drones for Human Rights
Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Mark Hanis
The New York Times
, 9 February 2012
Tools of war don’t have to be predators
Why Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Could Ignite a War and a Global Depression
Michael T. Klare
AlterNet
, 8 February 2012
Middle Eastern oil could ignite economic or military disaster
The Myth of American Productivity
Michael Mandel
Washington Monthly
, 7 February 2012
Policymakers praise productivity, but fail to distinguish its different forms
Israel Warns Tehran Nears Immunity From Attack
Tobias Buck
The Financial Times
, 7 February 2012
Rhetoric from Israel and Iran does little to ensure regional security
The Euro-Area Crisis: Weighing Options for Unconventional IMF Interventions
Domenico Lombardi, Sarah Puritz Milsom
The Brookings Institution
, 6 February 2012
The IMF lacks resources for rescue
Migrants’ New Paths Reshaping Latin America
Damien Cave
The New York Times
, 6 February 2012
For Latinos, getting to the US is too complicated
As Africa's Consumers Rise, So Does Inequality
Duncan Miriri
Reuters
, 3 February 2012
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth
An Iran Intent on Nuclear War is Not What Opponents Fear
Hagai M. Segal
The Guardian
, 3 February 2012
Nuclear weapons would boost Iran’s regional influence
Apple Petitioners Tell Firm to Protect Chinese Workers
BBC News
, 2 February 2012
Change.org makes easy work of global petitions
Our Ignorance Will Yield More Crises in Capitalism
Kenneth Rogoff
The Financial Times
, 2 February 2012
Lifelong education could prevent rampant greed and inequality
Islam With Chinese Characteristics
Massoud Hayoun
The Atlantic
, 1 February 2012
Since 2001, China has aimed soft power at Arab nations
Stanford Takes Online Schooling to the Next Academic Level
Steve Henn
NPR
, 1 February 2012
Free classes could revolutionize education, igniting global innovation
Obama’s “Insourcing”
Nayan Chanda
Businessworld
, 31 January 2012
With rising productivity and high-tech advances, labor everywhere is dispensable
Climate Change and Farming: How Not to Go Hungry in a Warmer World
Bryan Walsh
Time
, 31 January 2012
The agriculture industry must prepare and adapt - now
Good News, Fortress Europe Opens Up to Indian IT
Pranav Nambiar
The Times of India
, 30 January 2012
With debt crisis, Europe looks for costs savings
In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad
Charles Duhigg, David Barboza
The New York Times
, 27 January 2012
Customers care more about low costs than tough work conditions
Memo from Davos: Down with Democracy!
Daniel A. Bell
The Huffington Post
, 27 January 2012
Multinational corporations, always ready to move, can handily ignore government dictates
Rural Egypt Holds Key to Political Future
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
BBC News
, 26 January 2012
Islamists promise more restrictions than freedoms
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