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Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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Economics

The Power of Green
How do our kids compete in a flatter world? How do they thrive in a warmer world? How do they survive in a more dangerous world? Those are, in a nutshell, the big questions facing America at the dawn of the 21st century.
Thomas Friedman, New York Times, 15 April 2007

The Myth of the Neo-Liberal State
Far from the market having a voracious capacity to extend its influence over all aspects of contemporary social and economic life in the UK; the state is directly engaged in propping up an un-dynamic private corporate sector and ensuring employment for many of those working within it.
Gavin Poynter, University of East London, 12 April 2007

China Shakes The World: The Rise of a Hungry Nation

The fall-out from any failure in China's rush to modernity or simply from a temporary economic crash in the Chinese economy would be felt around the world.

James Kynge, Phoenix, 1 March 2007

Some Countries Remain Resistant to American Cultural Exports
American movies and music have done very well in some countries like Sweden and less well in others like India. This may sound like a simple difference in human tastes, but decisions to consume culture have an economic aspect.
Tyler Cowen, New York Times, 22 February 2007

Davos 2007: ‘Waging’ war on China
Behind their feigned concern for falling Western wages, the elites at the World Economic Forum are really worried about the rise of Asian economies.
Daniel Ben Ami, spiked, 1 February 2007

Gowers Review of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property is a critical component of our present and future success in the global economy. The UK's economic competitiveness is increasingly driven by knowledge-based industries, especially in manufacturing, science-based sectors and the creative industries.
Andrew Gowers, HM Treasury, 6 December 2006

Globalisation and Economic Growth in China

In the 26 years since market-oriented reforms were introduced, China has emerged onto the world stage as a major economic presence, particularly since her accession to the World Trade Organisation in 2001. This book is a collection of papers on the effects of globalisation on China's growth prospects and of China's growth on the wider economy.

Yang Yao and Linda Yueh (eds.), World Scientific Publishing, 29 November 2006

Beijing's race for Africa
China will steal a march in the new race for Africa when it hosts an ambitious trade, investment and aid summit in Beijing this week for leaders of 48 African countries.
Simon Tisdall, Guardian Unlimited, 1 November 2006

The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century

In 1930, Business Week introduced its readers to a new professional service: management consulting.

Christopher McKenna, Cambridge University Press, 19 June 2006

Ensuring sustainable value from consultants
Last year, organisations in the UK spent £12 billion on the advice and help of consultants. That’s a significant expenditure and, rightly, they have high expectations of the value they receive for their money – they want sustainable results.
Fiona Czerniawska, Management Consultancies Association, June 2006


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