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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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January 7, 2003
United States
Growing Apart: The Causes and Consequences of Global Wage Inequality
For further information contact: April Wahlestedt, Director of Communications (212) 434-9544 October 15, 1999, New York, NY - Is globalization a major contributor to increasing wage inequ…
January 20, 2012
Education
Why Manufacturing Will Not Lead a Jobs Recovery
The White House has recently been trumpeting the small signs of revival in U.S. manufacturing. After shedding more than 2.2 million jobs since 2007, U.S. manufacturers have added about 330,000 jobs o…
June 26, 2012
Education
Foreign Languages and U.S. Economic Competitiveness
Americans are lousy at learning foreign languages. We all know the historical reasons – the United States was long a big, largely monolingual country with a fairly self-sufficient economy. U.S. econo…
December 11, 2006
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Targets for Terrorists: Chemical Facilities
Attacks on U.S. chemical facilities have the potential to affect thousands, possibly millions of people, yet many of them remain poorly secured. Legislation to improve security standards has been wat…