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Generation X: Overlooked and Hugely Important
A new report coauthored by Sylvia Hewlett, director of SIPA’s Gender and Policy Program, finds Generation X is getting stuck behind the baby boomers. Gen-X, born between 1965 and 1978, are squeezed by debt and frustrated by boomers who refuse to retire on schedule.
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Brazil is a leader in renewable energy and a key player in energy security and climate change debates. SIPA's Leaders in Global Energy lecture series hosts Edison Lobão, Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy, on Monday, September 26.
Leaders in Global Energy is the centerpiece of SIPA's initiative to identify solutions to the challenge of creating sustainable energy while protecting the environment.
Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador: World Leaders Forum, September 23
Philosophical Foundations of Economics and the Good Economy: The Center on Capitalism and Society's 9th Annual Conference, September 23 - 24.
Religion and Human Rights Pragmatism: The Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion, 2011 Conference One, September 24
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Rice: More Than Just Food
Rice is a crucial staple in most parts of the world. But it is becoming difficult to keep up with worldwide demand, says Robert Zeigler with the International Rice Research Institute. He says labor pools are shrinking, water levels declining, and land available for rice cultivation is becoming scarcer.
Zeigler’s presentation on September 9, recapped by Rafael Merchan (MPA DP ‘13), kicked off a series co-hosted by SIPA’s MPA program in Development Practice and the Earth Institute.
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New Jack Rio: Crack Cocaine Out of Control in Brazil
“Two decades after the United States saw urban centers like New York and Los Angeles devastated by the spread of crack, Rio de Janeiro and cities across Brazil are facing their own crises, threatening the gains against poverty and organized crime that have spurred Brazil's recent sense of optimism and growth.”
Kristina Rosales (MIA ’13) coauthored this report for Foreign Policy, after spending a year on a Fulbright Grant researching the Brazilian crack epidemic.
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Irene Finel-Honigman: How a Greek default would affect the Greeks,
Bloomberg
Jeffrey Sachs on dueling jobs plans in Washington: Neither side has it right,
CNN
Joseph Stiglitz said the Fed chairman lacks tools to prevent double dip,
Bloomberg
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Robert Jervis said NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg balanced response and public freedom in face of 9/11 threats,
Boston Globe
Stephen Sestanovich said the Jackson-Vanik amendment is focused on Congressional/White House relations,
Voice of Russia
Joel Moser said U.S. infrastructure spending is an urgent matter,
Bloomberg
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SIPA Online
Ben Orlove described how the Pleiades star cluster can tell farmers in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes when to plant their crops,
EarthSky (Spanish)
Steven Cohen said the green economy will overcome Solyndra’s bankruptcy,
Gary Sick discussed Iran-Arab Relations and the United States at a conference at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Listen to the podcast:
Gary’s Choices
Sarika Bansal (MPA ’12) wrote about “Sectarian War” in a suburban New York school district,
Writing About War
James Bruno (MIA ’74) published his new book Tribe, a political thriller centering on war-torn Afghanistan. Bruno was a Foreign Service Officer who worked on Afghanistan for nearly five years. Visit his blog
Diplo Denizen.
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Samantha McCann (MPA '12) traveled throughout Latin America this summer, as an independent journalist and blogger. Her journey included an
eye-opening visit to Cuba.
"I'm pretty sure no one has any idea what's going on here. Every place is like the DMV except no one has pulled a number and there aren't chairs for you to wait in."
This newsletter is distributed by the Office of Communications and External Relations at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Contact Alex Burnett at 212-851-1818 or
alex.burnett@sipa.columbia.edu.
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