The Christian Science Monitor presented a series of eight different views of the world economy for 2008: 2008, a look ahead. Since the Monitor is one of the better newspapers on Earth, the series presents outstanding reporting with important insights into economics.
These are custom made for warm-ups and student projects:
- Why the era of cheap food is over
- Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race
- Global flash points: How to spot signs of peace
- As oil passes $100, the question: will it stop?
- The Olympics in China: a moment for pride – and world scrutiny
- As violence ebbs, the next hurdle for Iraq is political progress
- Will nations build on climate-change momentum of 2007?
- How a credit crunch may hurt the world economy
- Photo: “In high demand: A Chinese corn farmer in Guiyang. Maize prices rise as global demand goes up for its use as food – including such uses as corn syrup (soft drinks) – and fuel, such as ethanol.” Chinese Newsphoto/Reuters, via Christian Science Monitor
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February 14, 2008 at 8:32 pm
[...] The Christian Science Monitor presented a series of eight different views of the world economy for 2008: 2008, a look ahead. Since the Monitor is one of the better newspapers on Earth, the series presents outstanding reporting with important insights into economics. These are custom made for warm-ups and student projects: Why the era of cheap food is over Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race Global flash points: How to spot signs of peace As oil passes $100, the question: will source: 2008 economy: 8 views [...]
February 10, 2008 at 4:39 am
I have also been meaning to send you this video with Tony Benn, “Big Ideas that Changed the World – Democracy”.
February 10, 2008 at 3:38 am
Here is a video lecture by Arundhati Roy on world politics and economics presented in an unusual way. The site claims that this program has been successful in getting the attention of younger viewers. If the link doesn’t work, it is titled “We” on google video.
http://tinyurl.com/yow729