Culture
Green protectionism vs. growth
IPN Opinion article
As world delegates tried in Bonn (9-11 April to revive the climate-change talks that collapsed in Copenhagen, the USA and other rich countries were working on protectionist carbon tariffs that will harm their own economies and harm the poor even more. On top of that, these "border measures" or "adaptation mechanisms" will not even have much effect on emissions.
Chinese exports are ours too
IPN Opinion article
China demonstrates the virtues of economic interdependence and a globalised economy
Beware the blind alley of the 'right' to health
IPN Opinion article
Treating health as an enforceable human right creates serious legal and democratic problems — and does not improve healthcare.
Free Africans for global trade
IPN Opinion article
The bad news is that the Doha "development" talks on free-trade limped back into view at the WTO in November with nothing new to be said, which sounds pretty boring, but the good news is that developing countries can ignore all that and make huge progress unilaterally and regionally.
Hijacking Human Rights
IPN Opinion article
New definitions and interpretations of "human rights" threaten real rights -- and now this argument is being dragged into the debate about climate change
Ghana: Unchaining country's melodies
IPN Opinion article
Ghana's untapped source of wealth lies in the creative talents of songwriters, composers, and bands.
Music, money and growth
IPN Opinion article
African music is loved all over the world but African musicians live in poverty: the few stars record and publish abroad. These authors explain how Africans can develop that talent into commercial success as the impoverished city of Nashville did in the 1920s, becoming a musical and economic dynamo.
Freedom of expression in Turkey
IPN Opinion article
What is the defining line between a civilized and uncivilized country? In my own experience in Turkey since Nov. 19, it is freedom of expression: I have been accused of treason in the press and suspended from my university for defending the common values of civilization and re-evaluating Turkey's history.
