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IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Pecht & Tiku |
Bogus! Electronic manufacturing and consumers confront a rising tide of counterfeit electronics. Feeding this problem is the shift of manufacturing to China, the growing sophistication of technology, and the rise of the Internet as a marketplace.   |
Reason
May 2006
Brendan O'Neill |
The Shocking Truth About Osama bin Laden Perhaps bin Laden turned to the blogosphere after 9/11, in search of theories and arguments with which he might justify his murderous assault. He is less the armed wing of a clear or coherent Islamist worldview than he is the armed wing of the West's own fearful and tortured debates about war and terrorism today. |
Reason
May 2006
Tim Cavanaugh |
Rant: Cartoons Make Cowards of Us All That American media were censoring themselves by not publishing a series of drawings of the prophet Muhammad for fear of enraging Muslims may be unflattering to admit, but it's a crucial element -- perhaps the most important element -- in this story. |
Reason
May 2006
Ronald Bailey |
Peak Oil Panic Is the planet running out of gas? If it is, what should the Bush administration do about it? |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Europe Strives to Allay GM Fears European commission plans for `improving scientific consistency and transparency' on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) have prompted a guarded response. |
Reason
April 2006
Matt Welch |
Farewell to Warblogging Even if the transformative political nature of the post-9/11 blog explosion didn't last so long for Americans, the ensuing growth of warblogging has made it exponentially easier to seek out truth, however you define it. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Hugo Chavez Makes His Move Venezuela's leader wants to be OPEC's top dog. The other members of OPEC are unlikely to welcome this development, but it will not be easy for them to simply reject the proposal. Investors, take note. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 3, 2006
Jim Heskett |
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak? The book End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation argues that globalization has led corporations to outsource too much of their work and, more important, their intellectual capital. So, has globalization reached its peak? |
Geotimes
April 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Faith-Based Carbon Credit Systems Market-based approaches to help stem carbon releases, and in turn climate change, could prove difficult to marshal and enforce. Carbon credits and trade incentives are a small piece in a larger issue. |
Scientific American
March 26, 2006
George Musser |
The Check Is in the Mail Remittances have become a huge factor in the global economy: But does the money immigrants send home do any good? |
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