A Voice for National Interests

Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a research sponsoring foundation. William J. Baumol has published over 500 articles in various fields of economics. For more on Baumol’s background, see his interview in the Journal of Economic Perspectives (Krueger 2001). Gomory and Baumol also published several companion articles to this book (see for example, Gomory and Baumol 2004). GLOBAL TRADE AND CONFLICTING N...

Balancing Sovereign Interests beyond National Jurisdictions

ifty years ago on 2 May 1958 the government of the United States of America circulated a note to the 12 states most actively involved in scientific research in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year, initiating discussions regarding the convening of a conference on Antarctica and the conclusion of an international treaty for this area. Shortly after the circulation of the note, on...

Climate Change: National Interests Or a Global Regime?

A Single Voice Prosthesis Utilized For 17 Years

Introduction: Surgical procedures, especially total laryngectomy, have a profound adverse effect on the patient's physical, functional, as well as emotional health, and strongly decrease quality of life. Tracheoesophageal puncture is one of the most significant method that is widely performed successfully by physicians. Current valve technology enables long expiring duration; however, gen...

Quantifying national information interests using the activity of Wikipedia editors

We live in a global village where electronic communication has eliminated the geographical barriers of information exchange. The road is now open to worldwide convergence of information interests, shared values, and understanding. Nevertheless, interests still vary between countries around the world. This raises important questions about what today’s world map of information interests actually ...