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Food Security

A Shake-Up is Needed to Save the Planet — And Us

A few years ago, Dan Piraro drew a thought-provoking cartoon showing a physician talking to his patient, Planet Earth. “You’ve got advanced stage humans,” he says.

BY Carl Hausmann

Blog Post

06.05.2015
Trade and Globalization

Making Matters Worse: How Climate Change Amplifies Food Insecurity

By any name, climate change is contributing not just to melting ice caps and rising sea levels, but also to drought, food shortages and, ultimately, to global instability.

BY Jason Clay

Blog Post

05.28.2015
Communications

The Endless Possibilities of the Whitewater World

In welcoming a class of graduates to a life of entrepreneurial learning, the legendary technology visionary outlines the challenges and opportunities of living in a world where the information flow around us forms the context we all must understand to survive and thrive.

BY John Seely Brown

Blog Post

05.27.2015
US Economy

The Paradox of Capital Investment in the United States

Despite strong profits and plenty of cash on hand, the private sector isn't investing in the kinds of projects that will keep our economy growing. Here are some recommendations for reversing this trend before it's too late.

BY Donald A. Norman, Ph.D., & 1 more

Blog Post

05.26.2015
Food Security

Governments Can Do More to Unlock Innovation and Support Market Growth in the Agriculture Sector

To make agriculture work for everyone — from corporations to nonprofits to individual smallholder farmers — governments are key. Here are five powerful steps governments in Africa can take to foster innovation and growth in the agriculture sector.

BY Stephanie Hanson, & 1 more

Blog Post

05.19.2015
Urban Innovation

Empowering the Leaders Baltimore Needs

Baltimore has leaders. But what can be done to empower them to pursue their visions? How can we provide them with the tools to be successful entrepreneurs?

BY Fagan Harris, & 1 more

Blog Post

05.14.2015
Trade and Globalization

Setting the Record Straight on Agent Orange

As America marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, it is important to remember that one part of our legacy there — the use of Agent Orange and its resulting Dioxin contamination — is being resolved, and new links are forming in that effort.

BY Charles Bailey

Blog Post

05.12.2015
Trade and Globalization

On Food Security, Who Leads?

The numbers are familiar, and they are stark: according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), food production must increase by at least 60 percent in the next 35 years to feed Earth’s growing and hungry population.

BY Tom Daschle, Former Senate Majority Leader

Blog Post

05.11.2015
World Economy

Education Alone Won’t End Income Inequality

We live in a paradoxical time of historically high income and epic wealth inequality. Academics, politicians, business leaders and religious leaders are all concerned about it

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

05.06.2015
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