Romney and Gingrich Fight over the Airwaves in Florida
The battle of the Sunshine State will be decided by airtime, and Mitt Romney has an expensive leg up.
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The Decline and Death of Violence
Are we living in the most peaceable era of our species’ existence? "Better Angels of Our Nature" by Steven Pinker
A Pinch of Salt: The case against optimism for North Korea
We shouldn't be too optimistic about the potential for a denuclearized North Korea under Kim Jong Un.
2011: Five Things I Learned This Year
I’ll speak as a humble world editor and share five things that I learned about the world in 2011, ranging from common fallacies about the Arab Spring to the shape of the human evolutionary family tree.
The True Governments of Somalia
Somaliland may be the most stable and smoothest functioning democracy that officially does not exist.
7 Billion and Counting: A Problem and an Answer
Why rising world population does not necessarily spell catastrophe.
Saving the Metropolis
A look at cities, the suburbs, and population concentration in the 21st century.
Capturing the Demographic Dividend
The challenges of providing opportunities for the world's growing youth population
Estonia: A Move to the Euro, and Europe?
When I visited Estonia four weeks ago, I witnessed the bittersweet, albeit largely temperate, passing of the kroon, Estonia’s national currency since 1992. As I, and indeed most of the country, rushed to dump my krooni before Jan. 1st and the euro arrived, I nevertheless held on to a two-krooni note—a relic, no doubt, of a time that once was. After [...]
Weighing In: China’s One-Child Policy: No U-Turn Ahead
This is a follow-up post on Alastair Su’s blog post “Taking a Cue From Thailand’s Mr Condom”, looking specifically at China’s one-child policy and its economic impacts. Just over a year ago, the first few Chinese babies born in 1979 turned 30 – a significant milestone by any measure, but one made all the more momentous by them being the [...]
Taking A Cue From Thailand’s Mr. Condom
Since its inception in 1978, China’s one-child policy has always been marked by controversy. While the government has claimed that the policy has prevented 400 million births, it’s an achievement paid for in blood. Over the years, the one-child policy has seen thousands and thousands of Chinese mothers undergo forced abortion, sterilization and numerous human rights abuses. In 2001, for instance, [...]
