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Jack Goldstone Discusses American Foreign Policy in Afghanistan on WWL

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Jack Goldstone
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October 12, 2012
Jack Goldstone Discusses American Foreign Policy in Afghanistan on WWL.
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Daniel J. Smith and Daniel Sutter discuss Tornado Recovery in Joplin, Missouri on KZRG

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Daniel J. Smith, Daniel Sutter
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June 28, 2012
Daniel J. Smith and Daniel Sutter discuss Tornado Recovery in Joplin, Missouri on KZRG…
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Andrew Morriss discusses Alternative Energy on WWL

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Andrew Morriss
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June 13, 2012
Andrew Morris discusses Alternative Energy on WWL.
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You Eat What You Are, Part 1: Tyler Cowen Examines How American Food Got So Bad

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Tyler Cowen
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June 04, 2012
Tyler Cowen joins Freakanomics Radio to examine how American food got so bad, how it’s begun to get much better in recent years, and who has the answers for further improvement.
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Yong on Science, Replication, and Journalism

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Russell Roberts
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June 04, 2012
Ed Yong, science writer and blogger at "Not Exactly Rocket Science" at Discover Magazine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of science and science journalism. Yong was recently entangled in a controversy over the failure of researchers to replicate a highly-cited and influential psychology study.
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Political and Economic Change in Egypt and the Middle East

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S. Ramachandran, Christopher Coyne, Jack Goldstone, Peshwaz Faizulla
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March 03, 2011
With the current turmoil in the Middle East and shifting political tides, it is difficult to predict the changes that will result from today's events. To discuss the current situation, the Mercatus Center and the George Mason University Economics Society brought together a panel of academics and development experts to discuss the political and economic change that the Middle East is experiencing.
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Alternative Futures: Hilton Root on the Waning of Liberal Internationalism and the Resurgence of Global Governance Diversity

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Hilton Root
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October 27, 2010
The present institutional structure of the international system does not provide sufficient stimulus for transition to republican democracy as liberal optimists hope. Neither does liberal…
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Continuing Legal Education: Legal Challenges in African Development and Their Impact on U.S. Policies to Promote Trade and Human Rights

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Karol Boudreaux, Jeffrey Krilla, J.D.
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September 21, 2010
Continuing Legal Education: Legal Challenges in African Development and Their Impact on U.S. Policies to Promote Trade and Human Rights…
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Evgeny Morozov on democracy, the limits of social networks, and cybersecurity

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Jerry Brito
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April 12, 2010
vgeny Morozov, Yahoo! Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and contributing editor for Foreign Policy, discusses the limits of social networks in promoting…
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Post Apartheid: The South African Election and Development Policy

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Karol Boudreaux
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November 01, 2009
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is proud to present a lecture by Karol Boudreaux. Ms. Boudreaux is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center; lead researcher for Enterprise Africa!, a research project that investigates, analyzes, and reports on enterprise-based solutions to poverty in Africa; and a member of the Working Group on Property Rights of the U.N.'s Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor.
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