Famous Harvard professor Rob Stavins with a copy of my book (for which he wrote the foreword) at the COP16 conference in Mexico yesterday. And by the way, the book can now be ordered through Bokus
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Political trilemma?!
Interesting article about the “trilemma” of democracy, national sovereignty and globalization. According to Dani Rodrik at Harvard one can’t have all three without one of them getting compromised. You can have democracy and a strong nation state, but then have…
Porter or Pollution Haven?
A research paper that I wrote while at Harvard last year has been awarded by the Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket) and on May 25th (my birthday) I’ll receive 10,000 Swedish crowns at an award ceremony in Stockholm, nice! The paper…
An evolutionary explanation for the inaction on global warming
This article from 2006 has been widely cited and is very interesting, therefore I want to share it with people who hasn’t yet read it. It’s written by Daniel Gilbert, an American social psychologist, and explains that our brains are…
Way to go India!
Read through this article about the outcomes of a high level technology summit in India last month. I’m excited and fully support the proposals, in fact what’s proposed is more or less exactly the same ideas as I and GlobalFOCUS…
End of semester
The end of the semester, and thus of our year here in the U.S., is approaching fast and we are beginning to feel bad about having to leave our friends, schools and Beacon Hill behind. It’s been an amazing year…
May9th at Harvard
On May 9th we are arranging a great event at harvard: A Harvard and MIT joint event where students can learn how to find a role in, and benefit from, turbulent times and a changing world. Let’s use the recession…
Globalization!
More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas
Posted in Harvard, It's personal now
Obama on Jay Leno
First sitting American president on such a TV-talkshow. New times, new leadership.
Posted in Harvard, Miscellaneous