BY RAMKISHEN RAJAN According to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), “a number of developing countries have emerged as significant sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) in other developing countries, and their investments are now considered a new and important source of capital and production know-how, especially for host [...]
BY JEFFREY W. MANTZ Nobody likes to hear about blood diamonds, that something venerated as our culture’s highest token of commitment and affection comes to us haunted by specters of oppression, cruelty and murder. It took a 2006 film with Leonardo DiCaprio playing the role of a diamond-embezzling South African mercenary and a $100 million [...]
BY BRIDGET BUTKEVICH A dangerous trend in economics is identifying homogenous ethnic groups with better outcomes.1 I do not use the word dangerous lightly, since outside of academia, violence is the most common expression of intolerance towards diversity. Marketplaces the world over are bastions of diversity that allow for individuals to utilize their comparative advantages. However, [...]