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See also my column on this subject in e24 (Norwegian). The Economist Intelligence Unit has published an extensive global analysis that compares economic opportunity for women in different countries. There is an interesting pattern in the lowest echelons of the rankings. Failed or failing states figure at the absolute bottom, as they seem to always do in [...] The Oslo Architecture Triennale 2010 is underway these days, and one of the key events is Man Made Tomorrow – meant to examine the consequences and sustainability of urbanization. In response to a request from the conference, Kristi van Riet wrote a letter with some thoughts about the necessary shift needed in urban and transportation planning [...] “I much prefer talking with someone who is interested in understanding the situation and responding to it appropriately,” John Brennan, president Obama’s counterterrorism advisor In a lengthy article in the New York Times, Peter Baker reviewed the Obama approach to the war on terrorism, and especially as a continuation of Bush’s war. Much has been said [...] It is a fair hypothesis, I think, to say that all chronic policy failures are wicked problems. Chronic policy failures are societal problems that defy any reasonable attempts to resolve. In Australia, indigenous issues are prominent, as they are, or should be, in the Americas. In Norway, it seems that there is constant bickering over the [...] Initial assessment Clarity about stakeholders – Size includes everyone living in the United States directly, but considering secondary effects (related to bargaining power of providers, critical mass in research, etc.) hundreds of millions of people outside the US as well. The Norwegian government professes a nearly insufferably self-righteous commitment to reducing CO2 and other emissions, especially considering that our economy is entirely dependent on selling stuff that produces CO2 when burned, or, rather, combusted. There are several ways to reduce CO2 emissions, but everyone agrees that fewer people should drive themselves and their backpack to work [...] |
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