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Blue House Seoul, Republic of Korea 6:15 P.M. KST PRESIDENT PARK: (As interpreted.) I'd like to extend my sincere welcome to His Excellency President Obama. To the victims of the sunken ferry ship, Sewol, and their families, President Obama expressed...

THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS The World Food Program’s description of the global food crisis raises the specter of a natural disaster surging over an unaware populace that is helpless in the face of massive destruction. With billions of people at risk of hunger...

For those of us inspired by mass mobilizations in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Turkey’s Gezi Park, Greece’s Syntagma Square, Spain’s Plaza del Sol, and even our “own” Zuccotti Park, it is easy for protests in Venezuela to...

What makes poor nations grow? How can countries develop into prosperous societies? Different answers have been given. In this article, I propose that economic development best occurs in an enabling environment whereby the foundations of a market economy...

This is a very long post and may be my last for a while.  I’ll be back.   Probably May or early June at the latest.  If the title topics are of interest, the most pressing analysis of what is really happening today is near the end.  This is a pulling...