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Urbanists vs. Technocrats in Detroit

Mitch McEwen | Posted 04.02.2013 | Detroit
Read More: Rick Skyder, Detroit Future City, Michigan, Urban Planning, Technocracy, Urban Design, Emergency Management, Detroit, Detroit News
Mitch McEwen

Effectively, what we are seeing in Detroit are two different disciplines -- abstract finance on one hand and urban planning and design on the other -- telling two very different stories about the same city.

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Europe's Real Problem: A Deficit of Democracy

Mauro Guillén | Posted 08.18.2012 | World
Read More: Democracy, Euro Crisis, Technocracy, World News
Mauro Guillén

At this grave hour in which the future of Europe and that of the global economy are at stake, let's not forget that European institution-building has always been more effective when based on the national interests of the member states.

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China's Worldview: Three Timeless Truths

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Yin and Yang, Hegemony, Chinese Medicine, Nature and Japan, Shanghai, Tangshan Earthquake, Yellow Mountain, Tcl, Luxury Brands in China, China, Success in China, Gao Kao, Change, The Economist, What-Color-Is-Your-Parachute, Palace Exam, Individualism in CHina, Technocracy, Contemporary Chinese Culture, Chinese Cosmology, Middle Kingdom, Yi Jing, Steve Jobs, Yellow River, Nature and China, Face, Bill Gates, Gmat, Daoism, Kung Fu, Japan, Confucianism, Evil Chaos, Harmony, Miguel Patricio, Moral Absolutes, Ni Peimin, Chinese Government, Sichuan Earthquake, Communist Party, Feng Shui, Ba Gua, Book of Changes, Deng Xiaoping, Inbev, Fish Breeding, Aftershock, Legalism, Metersbonwe, Zhaungzi, Zodiac Signs, World News
Tom Doctoroff

What is Chinese culture? Now and forever, perpetual yet shape-shifting,in modern and ancient guises, the Chinese worldview can be distilled down to ...

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