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State of the World’s Health

Martin Khor The premier international conference on public health policy is the World Health Assembly, organised by the World Health Organisation, which attracts Ministers of Health and other top health officials as well as non-governmental organisations to Geneva every year. … Continue reading

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On the State of the Worldly Philosophy

Matías Vernengo Originally posted at Naked Keynesianism. I am pessimist by nature (or nurture), I guess. So I never thought that the current crisis would lead to a collapse of mainstream economics. As I often point out to my students, … Continue reading

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Gun Laws By State

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TPPA: When Foreign Investors Sue the State

Martin Khor Originally published at Third World Economics. The investor-state dispute system, whereby foreign investors can sue the host-country government in an international tribunal, is one of the issues being negotiated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. In the public debate … Continue reading

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When Foreign Investors Sue the State

Martin Khor In the recent public debate surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), an issue that seems to stands out is the investor-state dispute settlement system (ISDS). It enables foreign investors of TPPA countries to directly sue the host government … Continue reading

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