Neoliberal Globalization, Masculinity and Gender Justice

By Raewyn Connell A relatively new field of social research has documented the diversity of masculinities in the world. Globalization is not a separate issue...

Smart specialization for cities: A roadmap for city intelligence and excellence

By Jan Sturesson, Hazem Galal and Laurent Probst “We need new perspectives of cities, their visions, knowledge, creativity and motivation in order to find new...

Food Prices: Should Emerging Market Economies Be Concerned?

By Nicolás Depetris Chauvin High food prices are here to stay. This should be a reason of great concern not only in less developed countries...

The Third Industrial Revolution: How the Internet, Green Electricity, and 3-D Printing are ...

By Jeremy Rifkin Our industrial civilization is at a crossroads. Oil and the other fossil fuel energies that make up the industrial way of life...

An Inquiry into Why America Spends While the World Saves

By Sheldon Garon Recently the issue of saving has become maybe too exciting. Despite a booming economy, household saving rates sank to near-zero levels by...

Investing in Liquid Gold

Whisky is rapidly becoming the new wine as people look for different ways of investing and growing their cash. Independent whisky expert Dominic Roskrow...

Luxury consumer behaviour in Mainland China: What exists behind the facade of new wealth?

By Pierre Xiao LU China recently became the world’s second largest market for luxury goods with an annual increase of more than 30% in 2010,...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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