James Shinn

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Blogroll

• Century Afghan Task Force
• CQS
• Global Strategic Associates
• Institutional Investor Magazine
• Keller Center for Innovation in Education
• MoDo Labs: Making Mobile Awesome
• Oxford Analytica
• Princeton University "Radical Innovation" (EGR492)
• Teneo
• The Minervan Dialogues

Recent Posts

• Why Pakistan Matters for Global Markets, Institutional Investor (February 2013)
• Trading Political Bets
• Zeckhauser: Investing in the Unknown and the Unknowable
• Skyfull of Lies and Black Swans
• The Limits of U.S. Leverage in Pakistan
• Dave Barry’s 2010 in Retrospect
• Understanding America’s Contested Primacy
• Ritalin and Changing the Educational Paradigm
• Rudi Bogni on “Data and Illusions”

Oxford Analytica Headlines for Today

• BRAZIL: Political risk may cool hydrocarbon enthusiasm
  The first bidding round for oil and gas exploration and production in five years, held on May 14-15, raised a record 2.8 billion reais (1.4 billion dollars). […]
• AFGHANISTAN: Peace Council faces credibility crisis
  The Afghan High Peace Council and its ability to secure a negotiated settlement. […]
• NORTH KOREA: Sanctions target illegal embassy trade
  The risks posed by North Korea's diplomatic service. […]
• UNITED STATES: Voters will not back curbing inequality
  The economic impact of growing income inequality -- and why the public is unlikely to demand change. […]
• EU/HUNGARY: Democracy monitoring efforts may grow
  The profound implications for the EU of an erosion of democracy in Hungary. […]
• ZAMBIA: Debt outlook could yet trigger ratings review
  The Patriotic Front (PF) government last week introduced new measures to minimise tax avoidance by foreign firms. […]
• MEXICO: Q1 Slowdown reaffirms lacklustre trend
  GDP grew 0.8% year-on-year in the first quarter -- the lowest rate since recession in 2009, the National Institute of Statistics (INEGI) reported on Friday. […]
• AFRICA: Pharma market stifled by multiple constraints
  The domestic pharmaceutical sector in sub-Saharan Africa. […]