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What do city analysts do?
We’ve all been amused by former Enron Chief Executive Ken Lay trying to present himself as…
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More objectivity, less balance, please
Paul Krugman made an interesting observation in a talk at Berkeley, which is becoming something of…
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Abortion, conscience and elections
There is public debate about abortion again in the UK. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury,…
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Aid works: safe drinking water
The good news is that 83% of the world’s population now has access to safe drinking…
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The first test of the Africa Commission
The report of the Africa Commission, whose members include Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, said just…
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Comparing Iraq and Darfur
Some statistics comparing Iraq, where we have intervened, and Darfur, where we have not intervened. …
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Paul Wolfowitz nominated to World Bank
It was announced today that the US plans to nominate Paul Wolfowitz. So I was wrong…
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Aid works: measles deaths reduced
The bad news is that over half a million children still die of measles each year,…