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The Poverty of "The Poverty Rate": Measure and Mismeasure of Want in Modern America
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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| Nicholas Eberstadt discusses his new book in which he finds that the OPR is a flawed index generating increasingly misleading numbers about poverty in the United States. |
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"Missing Girls" in Asia: Magnitudes, Implications, and Possible Responses
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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| Panelists will discuss the implications of Asia's girl shortage and what concerned actors can do about it. |
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Was Malthus Right? Was Today's Global Food Crisis Inevitable?
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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| Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, will speak; panelists will address issues including agricultural productivity, technology, international economics and trade, biofuels, and climate |
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Making the World Safer . . . for Kim Jong Il
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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| What are the North Korean government’s international objectives and how has it fared in its contentious dealings with what it calls the “hostile” Bush administration? |
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U.S.-South Korean Relations: A New Era of Cooperation?
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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| What does this change mean for U.S.-ROK relations? How will it affect key issues on the Washington-Seoul agenda, such as the North Korean problem, the U.S.-ROK military alliance, and the pending free |
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Why Don't Poor Countries Choose Capitalism?
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
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| Corrupt states are often to blame for sluggish growth; why do electorates put trust in them? Why does corruption heighten the electoral appeal of socialism rather than free enterprise? |
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The North Korean Problem: Toward a Diplomatic Solution in 2008?
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
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| Experts will discuss pressing questions looming on this year’s policy horizon regarding multilateral negotiations with Pyongyang and the the Kim Jong Il regime. |
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Healthy Aging: Europe’s Economic Trump Card?
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Monday, December 3, 2007
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| Authors Eberstadt and Groth, and discussant Jim Kolbe for aconversation on Europe’s demographics, “healthy aging,” and the policy questions related to these issues. |
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Understanding Political Violence and Repression in Our Times
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Tuesday, November 6 - Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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| Honoring Robert Conquest’s work, conference participants will explore the roots, manifestations, and legitimations of political violence and repression in different settings. |
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Where We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Our Planet
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Monday, November 5, 2007
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| Seymour Garte discusses how excessive pessimism about the environment undermines good scientific investigation and distorts our understanding of important environmental challenges. |
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| Total Records: 58 |
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