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Pearl Phaovisaid’s Exit Interview
Pearl Phaovisaid, our friend and colleague at the School of Global Studies, Thammasat University, is getting ready to head to the University of Cambridge to pursue her M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees…
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A Letter to 2019’s Graduates
I wrote this letter to the outgoing Graduates of GSSE Cohort 2 at Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies. It was intended as fodder for reflection as they head on to the next phase of their lives. But the ideas I shared felt broadly applicable, so I thought I’d share Read more…
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Confessions of an Independent Publisher (who learns everything the hard way)
About five years ago, the idea of becoming an independent publisher, one that focused on humanity’s biggest challenges, took hold of me. It was an intoxicating vision. I wasn’t sure I could pull it off, but publishing thought-provoking books on such challenges was just the kind of work I wanted to do. I had Read more…
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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt
“You see,” my colleague went on, “one doesn’t see exactly where or how to move. Believe me, this is true. Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking Read more…
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Review of WPC Book 1 from Econ Autodidactic
We received a nice review from J. Edgar Mihelic via his Econ Autodidactic blog that raises a couple of good questions about WPC Book 1. As this is my first effort as a publisher, getting good, honest feedback will be critical to learning along the way, so I owe a debt of gratitude to J. Edgar Read more…
Economics
Win a copy of WPC Book 1!
Goodreads Book Giveaway What Do We Do about Inequality? by Wicked Problems Collaborative Giveaway ends October 03, 2016. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway If you found this interesting, you might like my books.
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System is rigged for the rich so the poor borrow to get poorer – Independent.ie
The problem with this story – apart from the lack of fairness of it all – is that if these funds are allowed to move their money out of the country, the Irish tax base gets narrower. When your own state actively narrows the tax base, if the state wants Read more…
Economics
Announcing the Re-launch of WPC Book 1: What do we do about inequality?
Earlier this year I attempted to launch the first book by the Wicked Problems Collaborative, and I admittedly did a poor job on multiple fronts. First, I set a release date that I thought I would reasonably give me enough time to complete the manuscript and “whatever else” needed to be Read more…