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Spreading wealth is the key to continuing economic prosperity, so says this Nobel laureate
Present Tea Party posturings echo the political extremism of an earlier time.
Why is the Obama Administration so reluctant to bring Manning to trial?
The Australian
Marc Palen says that while US President Barack Obama and congress dabble in protectionism and dawdle on trade agreements, the world is watching. He adds that there is a danger of...
It’s only 10 years old, but blogging is changing the political landscape
Think tanks and foreign services that shun social media are being left behind
The Australian
Leah Farrall says the media response to the killing of two al-Qai'da figures in a drone strike in Yemen last week has merely revealed how precious little progress has been made...
The Australian
Professor Geoffrey Garrett says both America and Europe's fiscal problems are made more difficult by those who gain politically from things getting worse instead of better. Geoffrey Garrett is chief executive...
Osama bin Laden’s deliberate provocation in 2001, designed to force America to overreact, is still paying dividends.
Campus Review
In this extract from a report on entrepreneurship prepared for the US Studies Centre, Dr Fiona Wood discusses lessons the US and Europe can teach Australia about how to thrive in...
The purpose of this report is to provide an evidence-based context for understanding the importance of entrepreneurship to Australia’s economic prosperity, its link to innovation and how Australia compares with its competitors in...
The Punch
Will Turner discusses how the Tea Party movement has been successful in appealing to Americans' deep-seated historical sentiments at a time when government debt and taxes are at the top of...
The Conversation
Susan Pond, AM writes "We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so...
Osama bin Laden’s death was an ending of sorts, but not a neat one
University World News
Dr Sean Gallagher says China has research superpower ambitions while the US is desperate to maintain its research pre-eminence. He critiques the strengths and weaknesses of both countries' universities and...
ABC News Online
Siobhan Heanue writes YouTube is considering launching a service dedicated to investigative journalism in response to the decline of in-depth reporting at traditional news outlets. Siobhan Heanue is in the United...
Far from triumphant, the 10 years since September 11 have left the United States a weaker country.
The Australian Literary Review
James Curran talks about the stated purpose of Gorton's meeting with president Lyndon Johnson. It was to discuss the situation in Vietnam and future US and Australian policy in...
