Book: The Man Who Planted Trees Author: Jean Giono Review by: Phil Bolton, founder and publisher emeritus, Global Atlanta In 2006 Wangari Maathai encouraged members of the Association of Kenyan […]
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Books 2021: An Antidote to Our Culture of Historical Ignorance
Book: Practicing History Author: Barbara Tuchman Review by: Phil Bolton, founder and publisher emeritus, Global Atlanta To deal with the scourge of the COVID pandemic, I took up walking to […]
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Books 2020: Fostering Active Government, Engaged Society in Our Post Corona Economic Future
Book: Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity Author: Scott Galloway Review by: Phil Bolton, founder and publisher emeritus, Global Atlanta How about Joe Gebbia Jr., the Atlanta native, Brookwood High […]
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Korea Economic Institute’s Perspective on the Future of Supply Chains and Trade
Global supply chains will adopt a hybrid of global and regional models once the Covid-19 pandemic is contained, Troy Stangarone, a senior director and fellow of the Korea Economic Institute […]
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Covid-19 Amplifies Carter Center Efforts in Liberia
Once again The Carter Center is in the midst of providing relief to a health-related crisis in Liberia. This time, it’s containing the Covid-19 virus. But unlike the past health […]
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Birds: The Original Globalists, Through the Eyes of a Naturalist
For 30 years Stan Tekiela has been studying the flight patterns of birds around the world. Inspired by the work of living English naturalists Jane Goodall, the anthropologist, and Sir […]
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Locust Plague Prompts GSU PhD Student to Consider Alternative Food Source
A new generation of locusts will be hatched in just a few weeks, which will mature into ravenous teenagers possibly sweeping across East, Central and West Africa as well as […]
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COVID-19 Provides Opportunities and Challenges for African Universities
COVID-19 has forced African universities to re-imagine their futures and seek out ways of adopting blended curriculums that utilize on-line learning formats but don’t entirely sacrifice classroom instruction, according to […]
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Georgia Tech President: Early Adoption of Online Programs Aids COVID-19 Transition
Ángel Cabrera, Georgia’s Tech’s new president, revealed the university’s updated mission statement and contents of its new strategic plan to the attendees of the May 19 virtual session of the […]
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JPMorgan Economist Foresees ‘Global Cool’ and ‘a New Globalization Story’
Having recognized the damage that the coronavirus has done to the U.S. economy, Jim Glassman, managing director and head economist for commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., took a […]