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December 18, 2009

Christopher Davidson on recent events in Dubai and the UAE

“It’s not the end of the Arab dream, it just means the Arab dream will be taking a different course now and Dubai will not be the poster boy for it.”—Christopher Davidson Christopher Davidson, author of Dubai: The Vulnerability of...

November 13, 2009

More discussion of The Aid Trap

Interest in R. Glenn Hubbard’s The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty continues to grow as evidenced by his recent appearance on CNBC with Maria Bartiromo and a recent and much-discussed Wall Street Journal op-ed. Here is Hubbard discussing...

October 29, 2009

Event: R. Glenn Hubbard and others on development in Africa

Later today, R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan, author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, will be joined with others in a community forum on African aid and development. The event will be on the campus of...

October 28, 2009

R. Glenn Hubbard, Jeffrey Sachs, and others on rebuilding war-torn socieites

Last Friday, R. Glenn Hubbard, author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, participated in a conference on how to rebuild war-torn societies, with specific attention paid to Africa and Afghanistan. Video portions of the conference, including remarks...

October 14, 2009

Africa's new financial apartheid, by R. Glenn Hubbard

Yesterday, R. Glenn Hubbard, author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty contributed an op-ed on the Web site for Fortune. In the essay, Hubbard argues that while African nations have opened up to foreign trade and investment,...

October 2, 2009

The Prime Minister of Mauritius praises the Aid Trap

On September 24 during the UN General Assembly in New York, Dr. Honorable Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius met with Dean R. Glenn Hubbard of Columbia Business School Here’s what PM Ramgoolam had to say about...

September 22, 2009

The business of Africa — Forbes on The Aid Trap

An article to be published in the October 5th issue of Forbes discusses R. Glenn Hubbard (pictured above) and William Duggan’s new book The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty and their proposal for a Marshall Plan for Africa....

September 14, 2009

Is post-war Greece a model for today's poorest nations?

In The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan argue that a new Marshall Plan is needed for many African nations and other countries mired in poverty. Aid, as it has been doled out...

September 8, 2009

R. Glenn Hubbard on The Aid Trap

Here is our book trailer with R. Glenn Hubbard, co-author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty:

August 31, 2009

R. Glenn Hubbard on Obama's health care policy

Bill Clinton’s failed attempt at health care reform is frequently cited as an example from which Obama can learn from as he tries to pass his own health care reform. In a New York Times op-ed, R. Glenn Hubbard, former...

July 27, 2009

Only local business can end global poverty — R. Glenn Hubbard

In Friday’s Financial Times R. Glenn Hubbard, co-author of the forthcoming The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, argues that poor nations need a new Marshall plan that helps stimulate local businesses. As Hubbard points out the original Marshall...

May 21, 2009

Antislavery Efforts Must Focus on Demand — A Post from Siddharth Kara

Siddharth Kara, author of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, continues his posts for Take Part with a new essay, “Antislavery Efforts Must Focus on Demand.” In the essay, Kara applies a business and economic analysis to understand...

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