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Out of Crisis Rethinking Our Financial Markets

Out of Crisis Rethinking Our Financial Markets, by David A. Westbrook; Paradigm Publishers; Boulder/London; 154 pages; US $15.26

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Out of Crisis: Rethinking our Financial Markets

This article first appeared in the 14 April 2010 edition of Jamaica Observer. Continue reading

Business Today: Why a Complete Rethinking of our Political Economy is Necessary

This article first appeared in the 12 April 2010 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission. Continue reading

The Trouble with Markets: Saving Capitalism From Itself

The Trouble with Markets: Saving Capitalism From Itself, by Roger Bootle; Nicholas Brealey Publishing ; 276 pages; £18.00 (stg)

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The Man Who Predicted the Failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Predictioneer one who uses maths, science and the logic of brazen self-interest to see and shape the future, by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, Bodley Head, London, 2009; 248 pages; ISBN 978-1-847-92067-6. £17 stg. Continue reading

Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: the Future of the Middle East

This article first appeared in the October-December 2009 edition of Terrorism and Political Violence and is reproduced here with their kind permission. Continue reading

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Future opportunities for the next Intel or Microsoft, explained by Juan Enriquez

uan Enriquez, author of As The Future Catches You, is a managing director of Excel Venture Management, Boston, investing in life-science technologies, and is a cofounder and shareholder of Synthetic Genomics. He talks to Richard Whelan. Continue reading

Preaching the Great Truths with Authority and Compassion

This article first appeared in the 15 September 2009 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission. Continue reading

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Learning Business Manoeuvres for the Battlefield of the Asian Boardroom

This article first appeared in the 17 August 2009 edition of The Irish Times and is reproduced here with their kind permission. Continue reading

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Ending Terrorism: Lessons For Defeating Al-Qaeda

Audrey Kurth Cronin.   Ending Terrorism   Lessons For Defeating Al-Qaeda   London:  Routledge; Adelphi Paper No:  394, for The International Institute For Strategic Studies (“IISS”), April 2008, 85 Pages, No Price Stated, ISBN:  978-0-415-45062-1 Continue reading