This essay, written during a time of Clinton-era welfare reform, was an attempt to reimagine South-North roles. What if right to development analysis were applied to poor women of color living in the United States? Some see the right to development as an anachronism in the face of the apparent...

Der Autor, ein US-Journalist, belegt akribisch die Fortschritte der Welt auf vielen Gebieten, zeigt, wo noch besondere Anstrengungen nötig seien (beim Klima und der Ungleichheit) und plädiert insgesamt für mehr Optimismus. (2)

We use endogenous treatment-regression models to estimate the causal average treatment effect of US economic sanctions on four types of human rights. In contrast to previous studies, we find no support for adverse effects of sanctions on economic rights, political and civil rights, and basic...

We use endogenous treatment-regression models to estimate the causal average treatment effect of US economic sanctions on four types of human rights. In contrast to previous studies, we find no support for adverse effects of sanctions on economic rights, political and civil rights, and basic...