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These days, you'll increasingly have to make some effort to control pollution and balance profits with corporate social responsibility. But many Western multinationals would still balk at demands to create enough jobs in the host country to offset the corruption, inequality and not infrequent social unrest their fees can fuel. Such things, they argue, are someone else's concern. The persistence of this mind-set is one reason for the endurance of the "resource curse," the term given by economists to the paradox that countries blessed with natural wealth often grow more slowly and become more violent and repressive...
Would he work for the ultimate insurgent, Obama, if this last-ditch effort on Hillary's behalf falls short? Ickes says he would, "although not with the same intensity." As if, for Harold Ickes, that were even possible...
History is certainly a worthy course of study. Harvard boasts numerous courses devoted to studying the world’s histories, and when it examines its own individual history, it is equally valuable as an academic effort, even if that story is a troubled one. A four-person research seminar taught this fall by history professor Sven Beckert revealed the unfortunate connections between slavery and prominent individuals in Harvard’s legacy. This investigation is a worthy endeavor to increase the awareness of the economic and personal ties to slavery at Harvard. Moreover, it is to the credit...
...Mudzingwa said that such a future—and the question of his being elected—is one of “eventuality,” and that he wants to be part of a collaborative effort to bring about change in Zimbabwe. While Mrema has ruled out running for office, Delle sees himself working in the social, political and economic sectors of Ghanaian life—like his father and grandfather...
...Fair enough. But is it really too much to ask athletes to make an effort to become informed, or to form an opinion on the controversies that will inevitably envelope the Beijing Games? "It seems like such an obvious answer to me," says Miranda. "Being part of the conversation doesn't cost a whole lot." Olympic athletes do have some spare time for a little reading, you know. "All young individuals should be aware of the situation, the circumstances in which they are becoming involved in," says John Carlos, the 1968 Olympic bronze-medalist whose Black Power salute...