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Secretary Kerry Highlights Chicago Council Report
On Wednesday, June 18, during his remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony announcing the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted a recent Council report in his discussion of the threats of climate change on global food security.
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Vacation Times
The world, and the Midwestern part of it, are on their own for the next three weeks. The Midwesterner is taking a mid-summer break, and will be back in mid-July. We leave town with a wish that sunny skies and balmy breezes soothe these days for all of you.
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Stabilizing Iraq: Should the United States Get Involved?
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How Nouri Al-Maliki’s Policies are Dooming Iraq
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The Other Side of Piketty
Last week we reviewed the work of Thomas Piketty, the French economist whose surprise blockbuster, Capital in the 21st Century, charts a growing inequality, especially in the United States. According to Piketty, this inequality is caused mostly by the mega-salaries paid to CEOs and financial moguls and by the concentration of wealth and capital in the upper 1 percent.
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Is the Public Really Learning to Love Globalization?
Scholars overwhelmingly agree that NAFTA has been good for both the U.S. and Mexican economies.