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… edited and condensed version of the conversation follows: Why is studying the Bretton Woods Agreements important? I think there are three reasons why Bretton Woods is important. The first is that there was … countries eventually to form a fiscal union. This is why the euro is a one-way street: If a country wants to leave …

… “Ladrones de Luz: Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901-1918” on power theft published in the Hispanic American …

… “Ladrones de Luz: Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901-1918” on power theft published in the Hispanic American …

… Perry’s: to push the frontiers of global imperialism in Japan, a country then closed to Westerners for two centuries, … not a novel, as you just pointed out, but a travelogue. Why should the Russian canon include this kind of writing … is based on an expurgated Soviet edition). As to why attention to such books as Goncharov’s travelogue is …

… great institution needs to investigate, to study how and why the labels and inscriptions were adopted when they were … asserts the authority of academic training and canons of evidence; memory carries the often more immediate authority … lifeblood is mythos and telos. Like our subjects, we can risk thinking with memory rather than about it. Indeed, the …

… to coerce or encourage support at the ballot box. Why would politicians rely on vote buying, which is financed … The politicians have to do more with less, which is why workfare benefits have become very important. In … often understand corruption as a signal of competence or evidence of a preferred policy position, such as concern for …

… Horse January 21, 2014. New Haven, Conn.— Lunarfest , an event offering cultural programs for adults and children, … inspires people to learn and serve together. Founded in 1901 by graduates of Yale University, the organization seeks …

… Researcher at Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Tokyo, Japan, who has worked on northern Chinese social history … in the 19th century using some newly uncovered documentary evidence. Adam Craig Schwartz (PhD, University of Chicago … “Bridges China Dialogue” in Geneva, a prominent annual event featuring high-level conversation between ministers, …

… is famous for its independent courts. In fact, there’s no evidence that having courts on top of democracy protects … wanted to do it on the cheap by working with the Northern Alliance, which was penny-wise and pound-foolish. The Northern Alliance was a nearly defeated force in the Afghan civil war …

… Robinson outlined three dynamics that account for how and why political disagreements transformed into atrocities in …