High Speed Rail
A recent discussion on a LinkedIn.com forum prompted me to add this response.
A number that gets bandied about a lot is that US$700 Billion which was allocated by the George W. Bush Administration as TARP Funds; loans to banks which had backed "toxic" assets. But let's imagine we can erase past "mistakes" and re-allocate that amount to High Speed Rail (HSR). China has already built 4000 miles of high speed rail tracks according to at least one report I have seen. Now for s
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tell Congress: STOP SOPA, STOP PIPA
Urgent appeal: SSP ("Stop Stupid Politicians")
I am sure that somewhere, sometime, someone imagined that a "representative democracy" would be comprised of representatives who were the best and brightest, the most altruistic and incorruptible human beings in a society. (Okay, when you stop laughing at the naivety of that concept ... keep reading this could be important to you and everyone's future.)
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the short titles SOPA and
I am sure that somewhere, sometime, someone imagined that a "representative democracy" would be comprised of representatives who were the best and brightest, the most altruistic and incorruptible human beings in a society. (Okay, when you stop laughing at the naivety of that concept ... keep reading this could be important to you and everyone's future.)
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the short titles SOPA and
Monday, January 9, 2012
Green EXPORTS Development Bank (I proposed in Foreign Policy reply)
Foreign Policy Special Report
In Foreign Policy Magazine 's website here is a "special report" written by World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics, Justin Yefu Lin, he suggests that $1 Trillion needs to be invested in development of infrastructure around the world, and that the need is urgent. In fact he says, in his final paragraph (and I heartily agree):
It's time for rich and poor countries alike to join hands to literally build the future. Infras
In Foreign Policy Magazine 's website here is a "special report" written by World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics, Justin Yefu Lin, he suggests that $1 Trillion needs to be invested in development of infrastructure around the world, and that the need is urgent. In fact he says, in his final paragraph (and I heartily agree):
It's time for rich and poor countries alike to join hands to literally build the future. Infras
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