Hosted by the Milken Institute, this panel discussion features Jared Diamond (Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles;…
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The risk of global warming now affects business future risk assessments. This is the conclusion of a report released…
This is a three-part series summarizing human existence from hunter-gatherers to civilization to the modern world we see today. Civilization A widely accepted theory…
This is a three-part series summarizing the magnificent human journey from hunter-gatherers to civilization builders and to the modern world…
The so-called Black Death was a devastating pandemic that peaked in Europe between the years 1348 and 1350. It killed…
The United States has run a large trade deficit since the 1980s and since the country is – still -…
The so-called “fiscal cliff” looming in the United States have probably not escaped anyone. What media often presents a situation…
Alvin E. Roth at Harvard Business School and Lloyd S. Shapley of the University of California at Los Angeles receives…
A History of Prizes Prizes have been used throughout history as a means to foster innovation and to solve problems…
Sometimes markets are able to solve its negative externalities almost by its own, this is the case for fossil fuel…
There is certainly some mistrust in the West regarding China’s rise as a global economic superpower, that jobs leave to…
As global warming continues and our use of fossil fuels must be reduced, we are faced with a change in…
Ever since the problems of Greece first emerged, the possibility and probability of Greece leaving the EMU have been discussed.…
Both Greece and Italy (possibly also Spain and Portugal) share the same fundamental economic problem that is productivity and terms of…