Below are links to video segments for Economic Thinking workshop. The United Nations tries to accomplish many things, and a central one is to promote prosperity and economic development in the poorer countries of...
Notes on Global Cities, Geography, and Economic Development Gregory Rehmke, February 22, 2011 The Houston World Affairs Council invited me to give talks to Houston area teachers on Global Cities. In my notes below...
Ideas for books and articles on ancient history :The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto Kitto’s The Greeks was a text for a graduate class in Greek Art I took at the University of St. Thomas...
(Revised and expanded version of earlier 2007 and 2004 post. The 2004 post was quoted in December 17 Toronto Star article “The Politics of Ebenezer Scrooge”: www.thestar.com/Ideas/article/158007) Family, Work, CommunityDid Ebenezer Scrooge Dream a...
Stories for a Starting Place I was reminded how I got started in the world of true (or classical) liberal ideas when a used book ordered on Amazon arrived. I started re-reading it and...
[comment on Daily Speculations post on various potential crises in China]“The Chinese government is struggling to cope…” Newspapers regularly report that governments or federal agencies working hard to deal with the crisis-of-the-week. We have...
Each July 4th the Declaration of Independence would be read aloud in the capital as part of a July 4th celebration. John Quincy Adam’s July 4th, 1821 speech is memorable. I have long seen...
It is great the way industry leaders sometimes charge into different but related industries. The free-wheeling computer industry doesn’t suffer from the dense regulations and Congressional lobbies that blanket the phone, cable, and cell...
