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Doing the Economy One Better

economic performance in the world, often used as a generic indicator of progress. However, the relationship between economic growth as measured by GDP and other dimensions of societal progress is…

Slavery in my backyard and a thousand points of light

…stop the international slave trade. That’s why a coalition of private citizens, nonprofit organizations and civic leaders are nurturing and leading a 21st century abolitionist movement by spotlighting the issue,…

Canada, Canada

🙂 Canadian reserves make mouths water: When the U.S. Department of Energy formally acknowledged these reserves in 2003, it vaulted Canada’s oil reserves from 21st to 2nd in the world,…

Reader Dan and a Simple Shopping Survey

…go there. With the $190 savings Mrs. Dan bought a couch day bed for the office (which somehow cost more than $190, but I am a child of the 21st

Interest Rates and the Renminbi Revaluation

…that the Chinese revaluation, which happened on the 21st, apparently had a significant effect on the interest rate differentials between the US and other countries. Note: Negative numbers signify interest…

Exactly WHO is Living in the Past???

…the threats of the 21st century.” …The president noted that last month Boeing engineers loaded the first missile interceptor into a silo in Alaska — describing that as the beginning…

More From Gary Hart In Salon today: The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, co-chaired by former Sen. Warren Rudman and myself, reported to President George W. Bush and his…

…the challenges of the 21st century? No. Our air power is overused, we need more trench warfare. 6.1 Do you support the election of Republican candidates across the country and…