Global Economic Issues

An interesting opinion piece from CNN about the power of the media in shaping global attention.

The situation in Libya is rapidly evolving. Here is an interactive site from The Washington Post that provides a useful time line of events, supplemented with photos and news/radio clips. Be sure to click through both the “Latest Reports” and “Behind the Uprising” sections.

Curious to see which Millennium Development Goals are on track for 2015? View the latest report here.

Vittana, the organization profiled in class that facilitates microfinance loans for students in the developing world, is hiring for its (unpaid) fellowship program. This is a fabulous opportunity to see the world and gain experience in the highly competitive development sphere.

Click here for more information.

Here is a great extension by Uwe Reinhardt to the “Winning the Future?” op-ed by Mankiw (posted here last week). Does it (and should it) make a difference if the “scarf” is produced by someone outside the US?