Why Food Price Volatility Doesn't Matter
Policymakers Should Focus on Bringing Costs Down July 12, 2011 Christopher B. Barrett and Marc F. Bellemare Summary: In proposing measures to curb erratic swings in food prices, global leaders have...
View ArticleSomalia's Starvation
How to End the Famine and Weaken the Insurgents August 22, 2011 Ken Menkhaus Summary: The ongoing famine in Somalia has placed millions of lives at risk. To feed its victims and prepare for what comes...
View ArticleThe Globalization of Animal Welfare
More Food Does Not Require More Suffering February 13, 2012 Miyun Park and Peter Singer Summary: As demand for meat has spread around the world, so, too, have the brutal industrial scale methods used...
View ArticleGlowing Pork, Exploding Watermelons
Why China Can't Keep Its Food Safe March 14, 2012 Thomas N. Thompson Summary: Since the scandal four years ago over melamine-laced powdered milk that sickened thousands of children, China's food...
View ArticleIndia's Broken Promise
How a Would-Be Great Power Hobbles Itself April 20, 2012 Basharat Peer Indian elites are cheering their country’s newfound status and influence. But two recent books reveal the ugly underbelly of...
View ArticlePrioritize the Poorest
Helping the Bottom Billion is Good -- and Good Business May 21, 2012 Robert Jenkins and Anthony Lake Summary: UNICEF officials explain why development approaches that emphasize equality are also the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Alarmism, Then and Now
The Club of Rome’s Problem -- and Ours July 1, 2012 Bjørn Lomborg Summary: Forty years ago, the Club of Rome produced a best-selling report warning humanity that its escalating wants were on a...
View ArticleThe Road From Rio
Why Environmentalism Needs to Come Down From the Summit August 16, 2012 Peter M. Haas Summary: Despite high expectations and an ambitious agenda, the Rio+20 Conference failed to deliver meaningful...
View ArticleGrowth, Interrupted
Why the Planet Needs More Than Just Economic Development August 30, 2012 John Sulston Summary: Bjørn Lomborg’s recent essay on environmental alarmism overlooked a number of grave threats to the...
View ArticleIs Growth Good?
Resources, Development, and the Future of the Planet September 1, 2012 Frances Beinecke; Dennis Meadows; Jørgen Randers; John Harte and Mary Ellen Harte; Bjørn Lomborg Summary: The warnings of The...
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