Beyond the Headlines: Yale launches its 2012 Current Affairs Catalogue
Yale’s Current Affairs catalogue is available now to order and download. With many fascinating books available in 2012, today we preview a selection of forthcoming titles that look beyond the headlines to discover the truth behind current events. 2011 was a highly eventful year in international politics, with the Arab Spring engendering protest movements, political upheaval … Read more
Westfield Shopping Centre, the Temple of Capital: Author Article by Neil Faulkner
Neil Faulkner is the author of A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics, to be published soon by Yale University Press. In this regular blog, he comments on the London 2012 Olympics in the light of the wisdom (or lack of it) of the ancients. Article by Neil Faulkner The ancient Olympics were held in honour … Read more
Author Article by Lyric Hale: The New Law of the Sea and the Geopolitics of the Internet
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses how the growing infrastructure of cloud servers, data centres and undersea fibre optic cables is having an enormous influence on the economic and political development of countries, particularly in Africa. Author article by Lyric Hughes Hale I live about thirty minutes from … Read more
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide – Why We Need a Global Floor on Interest Rates
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses why an international floor on interest rates is crucial if we want to ensure a steady return to a healthy global economy. Article by Lyric Hughes Hale I recently attended the 3-day annual meeting of the American Economic Association here in Chicago. … Read more
Author Article by Lyric Hale: How To Solve the US Budget Crisis – Dismiss the Super Committee
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses the recent breakdown in budget negotiations in the US House-Senate ‘Super Committee’. Hale argues that despite the politicization and media frenzy surrounding these negotiations, the Democrats and Republicans are not radically opposed in their budget proposals. Hale analyses the newly proposed federal … Read more
