Reith Lectures
"Places riven with division internally, between rich and poor, are places that are also subject to distrust and find it hard to cooperate abroad. Whereas places where there is more equity internally tend to be more cooperative and peaceful internationally. What happens internally in our societies is reflected internationally." Jeffrey Sachs (Paraphrased from BBC Radio 4's Start the Week programme)
I love having my eyes opened by much smarter people, and am looking forward to listening to the Reith lectures, which he is giving this year. For more information on this suprisingly short and digestible series, have a look here. I searched for, and subscribed to it via the iTunes shop, which I will be using until someone of you tells me of another sevice.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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This is some really interesting stuff here.
Not sure I believe all of it, but still interesting.
I'm glad you find it interesing. I haven't accepted completetly as there are too few examples to draw upon to allow us to discount power and size as more determining factors. Countries with very positive records within international institutions tend to me of the smaller variety by and large.
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