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For those who are interested in pursuing a career in this important field of economics, this course promises to be a major learning opportunity.

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Read this illuminating finding: cross-gender ‘friendship’ is an important ‘driver’ (correlate?) of ‘gender equality’. It may be due to several factors. 1. There maybe ‘networking’ effect (friendship promotes connections that have positive social and economic outcomes). 2.

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It's sad to hear that actor Gene Hackman is no longer with us. He died at 95. I vividly remember his role in Mississippi Burning, which dealt with widespread racism in the 1960s. The movie had Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of

Random reflections on contemporary history: 1. The key development lessons of the past 100 years (from Spanish Flu to COVID-19) are that both extreme authoritarianism (read: fascism & totalitarianism) and extreme fanaticism (read: religious sectarianism & Left-wing extremism)

Sanjida Khatun is no more. She was 92. A light has gone out of our lives. No words are adequate to express the void left by her death. She represents the best tradition of Bengali culture. An authority on Tagore, she was a cultural organizer, a founder of Chhayanaut (the name

A legacy of art and activism thedailystar.net/news/banglades… Read this—a fitting tribute to Sanjida Khatun.

nytimes.com/2025/04/13/obi… via @NYTimes Vargas Llosa is no more. He died in Lima at the age of 89. Known for his sharp political novels, he received the Nobel Prize. In the best traditions of political liberalism, he upheld individual liberty and was critical of authority & Empire.

From the current issue of Women in Leadership Women Magazine | United Kingdom | Women in Leadership Publication. Some reflections on my new book: how do we overthrow patriarchy!

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The Future of American Soft Power by Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Project Syndicate prosyn.org/G4FAfkn Read this from someone who invented the term “soft power” in the first place: “Soft power derives from a country’s society and culture as well as from government actions...An open society

Promises to be an essential and timely book

I hope that Zohran Mamdani ultimately succeeds. His win in the New York primaries already rocked US politics. He has many critiques of capitalism. His Democratic Socialist path (”call it democracy, call it democratic socialism; there has to be a fair distribution of wealth”,

There is confusion in popular history on how the British Empire emerged. Depending on time and place, European empires emerged through two routes. Chronologically earlier was the alliance route. When the agent was a maritime merchant, inland states existed, alliances ruled.

Match Highlights, 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualification, Group C , BA... youtu.be/ptLooQaxzNc?si… via YouTube Bangladesh played exceedingly well against Myanmar, a stronger team, in the Women's Soccer Asia Cup qualification. One player caught my attention. She is Rituparna;