James Robinson News
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The Bretton Woods economic conference would make a great movie: Dashing celebrity economist John Maynard Keynes of the U.K. squared off against U.S. Treasury official Harry Dexter White, who was later revealed to be a Soviet spy.
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Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International , set to become the world’s largest airport, may use “one-stop” processing to get travelers in and out of aircraft more quickly.
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What books have high-profile readers been enjoying this year?
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“Why Nations Fail” by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson is getting lavish praise. Mostly, the book deserves it.
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A joint venture between Cerberus Capital Management LP and Chatham Lodging Trust won this week’s auction for 64 of the 72 hotel properties owned by Innkeepers USA Trust .
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Colombian government negotiators will sit down in Havana today to resume peace talks with Marxist rebels, after a 10-year U.S.-backed military offensive weakened Latin America’s oldest guerrilla movement.
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President Barack Obama’s drone war is in danger of becoming an Abu Ghraib-style public-relations nightmare, drawing criticism at home from left and right (and, it seems, even many U.S. troops), spurring angry protests in Pakistan and Yemen, and becoming a recruiting tool for al-Qaeda.
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Everyone remembers how fast EBay, Facebook, YouTube and other websites that have changed our world grew.
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A slight acceleration in Chinese economic growth at the end of last year is reinforcing the common narrative that China’s expansion is a threat to other nations, including the U.S.
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Walt Disney Co. ’s $660 million sale of Miramax Films to an investor group led by Ron Tutor and Colony Capital LLC will close by the end of the year as planned, the buyers said.
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