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Showing posts with label socioeconomics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socioeconomics. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2026

Bhutan turns tourism into 'Gross National Happiness'

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At the Takin Preserve: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay with me and visitors from the United Kingdom and United States. Little more ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Overheard recently in a Vermont diner ...

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A patron told his dining companion that he was happy that his work gives him a way to help people truly in need. Then,  Background: Autumn, ...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Are we at the end of 'Bretton Woods'?: White House reconsiders post-WWII world financial system

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Omni Mount Washington, Bretton Woods RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 "Bretton Woods," I said. "Are you sure it's still on...
Monday, August 19, 2024

Law student leads protests in Kenya

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Socioeconomic unrest and youth protests are roiling Kenya, and President William Ruto seems unable to get a grip on the discontent. Freelanc...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

My writing is 'not very good,' and other reasons you can't get ahead in our not-really-a meritocracy

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Pxhere CC0 A purported mentor once told me that probably I couldn't find a job in academics because my "writing is not very good....
Thursday, January 18, 2024

It's education and healthcare, stupid

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CC0 Pixabay via picryl Experts are puzzled over American discontent while economic indicators ride high. Yet they consistently fail to reco...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Bahamian development, identity stall between Columbus, Atlantis; tourist dollars seem not to land

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Columbus is absent from Government House, Nassau. Bowen Yang's amusing portrayal of Christopher Columbus on the Saturday Night Live ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Wide-ranging social commentary in Peele's 'Wendell & Wild' pillories privatization, school-to-prison pipeline

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Released by Netflix in October 2022, Wendell & Wild is a delightful stop-motion horror animation and none-too-subtle commentary on the...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Lawyers be a-ballin'?

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Canadian lawyers protest legal aid de-funding in 2014 ( Sally T. Buck via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ). My wife was a legal services attorney ...
Friday, September 17, 2021

Can 'inclusive capitalism' pull us back from the brink?

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1957 U.S. propaganda poster ( NARA ) "Welcome to late-stage capitalism!," DeepKarma tweeted @ me earlier this month. The exclam...