We induced conflict by using a repeated attacker-defender game in which groups of four are divided into two ‘attackers’ that can invest resources to take away resources from the other two participants in the role of ‘defenders.’ After the conflict, groups engaged in a repeated public goods...
“There are three areas of study in which someone who wants to be virtuous and good must be trained: that which relates to desires and aversions, so that he may neither fail to get what he desires, nor fall into what he wants to avoid; that which relates to our motives to act or no...
Like much of the world, George Dante knows thatthe African elephant is under siege. A booming Chinese middle class with an insatiable taste for ivory, crippling poverty in Africa, weak and corrupt law enforcement, and more ways than ever to kill an elephant have created a perfect storm. The...
Oxfamdefines Global Citizens as people who are: aware of world issues and have a sense of their own role in this world; respect and value diversity; understand how the world works; are passionately committed to social justice; participate in the community locally and globally; work with others ...
Where to play, how to win "Will the next two years be wasted time, where companies fail to learn from the mistakes of the past? Or will these be the years where miners seize the opportunity to transform themselves and create a sustainable industry?" Glenn Ives Americas ...
all woven together in the narrative. Obtain access to your own floating island so that you can create a gorgeous temple and garden as your home. Ride a flying mount to your friends’ and neighbors’ islands and use the vast array of modification tools to sculpt the scenery while getting ...
China put forward a 12-point proposal to end the conflict in Ukraine, highlighting respect for sovereignty, a ceasefire, and opposition to nuclear threats. Partnering with Brazil and other Global South countries, China also launched the group of "friends for peace" to facilitate diplomatic solutions...
The agtech investment landscape is now overflowing with start-ups promising to create, disrupt, and expand markets in the areas of gene editing and biotech; data analysis; AI and robotic design; as well as cloud-based technologies and marketplaces. Notably, many of these emerging start-ups ...
How they failed to confront Global Imperialism, and then were very slow to resist Japan’s expansion into Chinese territory. An interesting account of the first years after 1949, by a Christian missionary who stayed in China when most Westerners left or were expelled. How Edgar Snow was well ...
Country risk is critical to consider when investing in less-developed nations. To the degree that factors such as political instability can affect the investments in a given country, these risks are elevated because of the great turmoil that can be created in financial markets. Such country risk...