Some numbers of interest – bail outs, foreign aid, saving wall street, saving the world
700,000,000,000 – approximate number of US dollars proposed in the bail out bill (link). 0.7 – percentage of GDP agreed upon in 1970 to be set…
Read articleThe Annotated Fuld -or- Lehman Employees Respond to Bankruptcy in Creative Way -or- “This Sucks”
Many of you are likely somewhat familiar with the mortgage fiasco currently underway in the United States. This year alone, the USG has bailed out three…
Read articleExcellent conference at the Liu Institute: The Challenges of Large Scale Public Engagement
Too bad it’s happening today. If anyone is attendance, I would love to hear how it went – why not write up a summary and have…
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THE BOTTOM BILLION (VIDEO)
PAUL COLLIER
MARCH 11TH, 2008
“The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It” (March 11th, 2008, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, UBC First Nation’s Longhouse)…
Read articleMoney CAN buy you happiness after all….damn.
from this NYT article There’s a neat article in the NYT covering the Easterman paradox – or why wealth isn’t associated happiness (that is, apparently now).…
Read articleMicrocredit Isn’t Right for Everyone
Mr. Wile E. Coyote Rural Route 99 El Paso County, Texas Dear Mr. Coyote, Further to our telephone conversation of earlier this week, please be advised…
Read articleProfessor John Anthony Allan, Terry* Salutes You!
The Sotckholm Water Prize, often considered the ‘Nobel Prize” of the environmental sciences, was awarded to Professor John Anthony Allan this year for his innovative “Virtual…
Read articleTerry speaker series: Next up – Paul Collier, author of “The Bottom Billion.”
This one is primarily the Liu Institute for Global Issues’ baby, but Terry is a partner here, and we invite you all to check out Paul’s…
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STAND for Housing
By Alia Dharssi,
Are you concerned about the increasing levels of homelessness in Vancouver? What about the fact that the government is not keeping the social housing promise it…
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