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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 17, 2016
Development
For the People and By the People: Shaping Norms for the Internet of Things
Susan Ariel Aaronson is a research professor and cross-disciplinary fellow at George Washington University. Ethan Wham is social media consultant and a member of the greater Washington, DC chapter of…
July 9, 2012
Fossil Fuels
Are Natural Gas Liquids as Good as Oil?
Technical details sometimes turn out to be just that – details. Sometimes, though, they turn out to be much more. A longstanding technical debate over how to think about natural gas liquids (NGLs) ma…
May 22, 2012
Education
Peter Thiel and the Great College Debate
Should more Americans go to college? I would have thought the answer is an unequivocal yes. The evidence is overwhelming that college graduates have lower unemployment rates, earn far more money, and…
May 16, 2012
Fossil Fuels
Energy and U.S. Manufacturing: Five Things to Think About
The boom in U.S. oil and gas production has sparked talk of a manufacturing renaissance. I mentioned that somewhat skeptically last week in the context of a much broader piece on the excitement surro…
March 15, 2012
Israel
Ugly Israelis?
I rarely write about Israel. It’s important politically, but intellectually for me a bit of a bore. What more can be said about the country that has not already been said, especially the Arab-Israel…
