List of articles for ‘Economy’ 
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Toward A New World Economic Order
After the demise of Soviet communism, President George Bush proclaimed the need for a new world order, with a planetary economy tied to free trade. This is just the wrong thing to do, for it will add to pollution without generating much new production. The global trading network today is guided by GATT [General Agreement [...]
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Neohumanist Perspectives on World Peace
The attainment of world peace challenges human talent and ingenuity but is not an impossible or utopian dream. World peace is attainable; it may even be imminent. Consider two events that caught humanity by surprise: the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9, 1989 and the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. [...]
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Real Men and the Economy: Florida orange growers reject employee subservience
Two ideological camps determined much of history last century—those who carried the banner of democratic freedoms and private enterprise, and those who sought control of the economy and society through central command structures. The former is known as Liberalism, the latter Communism. Little remains of the numerous conflicts between these two camps owing to the [...]
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A New Vision of Development
The rationale behind the current model of global development was first advanced by U.S. President Harry Truman in his inauguration speech before Congress in 1949. In his address, Truman spoke emphatically about the deplorable conditions of the poorer countries. He defined them for the first time as “underdeveloped areas.” In one grand, rhetorical sweep, Truman [...]
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How Corporate Law Inhibits Social Responsibility
A corporate attorney proposes a ‘Code for Corporate Responsibility’ in state law by Robert Hinkley After 23 years as a corporate securities attorney-advising large corporations on securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions – I left my position as partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom because I was disturbed by the game. I realized [...]