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  • 1 Mar 2017
    Steven Rosefielde

    Trump-Politik: Rethinking American National Security

    American-Russian relations are broken, and cannot be repaired until the US foreign policy community takes stock of post-2008 realities. The United States and Western Europe are no longer the poster children of economic prosperity. Their democracies and societies are in turmoil, and Russia has successfully restored its nuclear superpower without Washington taking the slightest public […]

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  • 13 Feb 2017
    Bert A. Spector

    On Freud on Us

    A good deal of attention has focused on the psychological makeup of the man who sought and won the Presidency in 2016, including the provocative “Is Donald Trump a Psychopath” by fellow Cambridge author, Steven M. Stahl.  (Stahl’s answer: probably not.)  While I don’t expect this line of inquiry to let up anytime soon, I […]

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  • 19 Dec 2016
    Kjell G. Nyborg

    Understanding the role of central banks in the Eurosystem’s collateral framework

    Kjell G. Nyborg, author of Collateral Frameworks: The Open Secret of Central Banks, undertakes forensic-style research into the Eurosystem’s collateral framework.

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  • 5 Dec 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Race Matters

    “The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line,” W.E.B. DuBois famously observed of the United States.  Despite the occasional proclamations of a post-racial society in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s 2008 election, race has continued to dominate American life well into the next century, a fact startlingly brought home in […]

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  • 17 Nov 2016
    Cass R. Sunstein

    Mad Men and Manipulation: An Excerpt from The Ethics of Influence

    The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science is Cass R. Sunstein’s investigation into the ethical issues surrounding nudges, choice architecture and mandates. Read on for an excerpt from the book. Fifty Shades of Manipulation Chapter 5 of The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavorial Science by Cass R. Sunstein It […]

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  • 17 Oct 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    “The Boss” Is the Boss

    Bert Spector on Bruce Springsteen and leadership.

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  • 7 Oct 2016
    Christopher A. Hartwell

    Ukraine’s Economic Reform: Not Learning the Lessons of History

    Drawing on his extensive experience in transition economies, Christopher A. Hartwell explains the current economic divergence between Ukraine and Poland.

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  • 28 Sep 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Let’s Not Waste a Great Opportunity

    With six weeks remaining until the U.S. Presidential Election, the race is locked in a virtual deadlock.  That fact, in and of itself, is pretty remarkable given that a woman is as likely to be the next president as a man.  I understand that readers in countries such as the UK and Germany will not find that […]

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