“I started looking into things, and then my uncle wrote to me saying that I should look intoGrandma Mullen. She had stayed in the Jewish neighborhood even after it turned Irish. I don’t really remember her very much; I remember going to her house when I was a little kid and she ...
Nearly 2000 years later, the eighteenth-century German Inspector General of Mines, Hans Carl von Carlowitz, coined the term Nachhaltigkeit (sustainability) when he decried the wasteful, short-termed exploitation of forests for silver mining and smelting and argued for a more circumspect approach to ...
"It kind of reminds me when I go to vote and maybe an inspector can’t find my name in the book, or I don’t know what line I’m supposed to go in," Dittus said. "I think a lot of people can identify with ... this little creature; it kind of reminds me of a little voter...
Representatives of capital interests often frame the government as a nuisance that should “get out of the way” to “free up” innovation and commerce. At various periods of US history, the state—across both major political parties—has provided favorable regulatory climates for business (Friedric...
As I introduced myself to the executive in charge of project development, I could sense that she was getting ready to pass on mine before I even had a chance to tell her what it was about. But when I explained that I had acquired the life rights to the story of one of the principal...
The traditional assumption was that engaging and trading with China would lead it to become more liberal and even democratic. In 2018, it is clear that such a transformation is not happening. China's economic freedoms have not been complemented by increasing political freedoms. Now, the U.S. ...