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Korea’s Crony Capitalism

Do Korea’s conglomerates — or chaebols — prevent the country form making true economic reforms?

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Swimming Across the Bosphorus

What makes Istanbul — the only city that spans two continents — so magnificent?

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Fin de Siècle, New York-Style

If a nation appears to be bored, should its political leaders contemplate going to war?

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Powerful (or Powerless) Globalization?

Is globalization a force that can be harnessed to benefit the masses? Or does it dislocate society?

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Brazil — The Real 20/80 Society

Is globalization bringing new life to Rio de Janeiro’s shantytowns?

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The Lending Game in History

Do you think international financial institutions are beneficial to emerging market economies?

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The Second Coming of Copernicus

Is the environment is part of the economy — or the economy is part of the environment?

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Clueless in Pakistan

Is Pakistan too difficult a nut to crack for World Bank economic advisors?

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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century

In what way was the United States before October 4, 1957 similar to the United States before September 11, 2001?

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India — Skipping the Industrial Revolution?

Can India advance to the IT age without first undergoing an industrial revolution?

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