James Shinn

Why Pakistan Matters for Global Markets, Institutional Investor (February 2013)

jshinn — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:13:28 +0000

Why Pakistan Matters for Global Markets

Trading Political Bets

jshinn — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:26:01 +0000

Political Trading March 2011 Institutional Investor

Zeckhauser: Investing in the Unknown and the Unknowable

jshinn — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:01:15 +0000

Investing in the Unknown and Unknowable

Skyfull of Lies and Black Swans

jshinn — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:42:45 +0000

“In a moment of major, unexpected crisis the institutions of power – whether political, governmental, military or corporate – face a new, acute vulnerability of both their influence and effectiveness. T is study analyses the new fragility and brittleness of those institutions, and the profound impact upon them from a fast proliferating and almost ubiquitous breed of ‘information doers’.Empowered by current, cheap lightweight, ‘go anywhere’ technologies available to all, they have an unprecedented mass ability to bear witness. The result is a matrix of real-time information fl ows that challenges the inadequacy of the structures of power to respond both with effective impact and in a timely way.” — Nik Gowing

The Limits of U.S. Leverage in Pakistan

jshinn — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:35:53 +0000

How Money Can’t Buy You Love

Dave Barry’s 2010 in Retrospect

jshinn — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:07:21 +0000

Barry 2010 Review

Understanding America’s Contested Primacy

jshinn — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:05:15 +0000

“Will the undeniable relative decline of the United States, in fact, lead to the end of unipolarity? Do the BRIC countries really represent a bloc? What would multipolarity look like? How does one measure national power anyhow, and how can one measure the change in the power distribution globally? Is the rise of global competitors inevitable? What are some of the weaknesses that might hamper the would-be competitors from staying on their current favorable economic and political trajectory? Does the United States possess some underappreciated strengths that might serve as the basis for continued primacy in the international system and, if so, what steps would a prudent government take to extend that primacy into the future?….”

Contested Primacy — Eric Edelman

Ritalin and Changing the Educational Paradigm

jshinn — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:09:05 +0000

Ken Robinson, \”What Is Wrong With This Picture?\” animation

Rudi Bogni on “Data and Illusions”

jshinn — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:37:53 +0000

Rudi Bogni on Data and Illusions (Wilmot)