Publications

External Commentary

South Korea and a New Nationalism in an Era of Strength and Prosperity

External Commentary

Bargains Among Behemoths: TPP and TTIP Implications for Developing Countries

First Steps Toward a Real Chicago Region

Three states – Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana – came together in Chicago’s Loop recently to talk about their common future. They didn’t decide anything and the conversation itself revealed how far they have to go. But this meeting simply wouldn’t have happened two years ago, and that’s progress in itself.

External Commentary

Food Aid and the Psychology of Helping the Environment

Growth for Both Mega-Farms and Market Farms

Have you been to a farmers’ market recently? I hit a downtown Chicago market before lunch today, picking up some last-minute sage and yellow beets for tonight’s dinner. The city’s Federal Plaza was packed with kiosks, all doing a brisk business.

External Commentary

Federal Reserve's Recent Decision

Color Combinations: German Elections This Sunday

Germans will vote on Sunday for composition of the 18th session of the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament.

The Mexican Connection: Drugs in the Midwest

The epidemic of inner city murders in Chicago is well known. Less well known is the spread of heroin and other drugs to the rural counties of the Midwest. The link between these two pathologies is virtually unknown, but is crucial to an understanding of the Midwestern battlefield in the drug wars.

Roger Thurow- Outrage and Inspire- From Hoop Dreams to Hoop Houses

At one notorious intersection of the concrete city, hoop dreams have given way to hoop houses. Basketball has been replaced by baskets full of vegetables.

From Hoop Dreams to Hoop Houses

At one notorious intersection of the concrete city, hoop dreams have given way to hoop houses. Basketball has been replaced by baskets full of vegetables.