Category Archives: Diversity & Multiculturalism
The “Third World”
The “First World” of capitalism, the “Second World” of communism, the “Third World” of countries emerging from the imperialism of the first two worlds. Experts and the general public quibble about terms, and “Third World” leaves much to be desired, … Continue reading
Amartya Sen: Fear, Fact, and Freedom
On September 22, 1994, the venerable New York Review of Books published economist Amartya Sen’s essay “Population: Delusion and Reality,” his response to the long history of worries about over-population, from Malthus to Paul Ehrlich (The Population Bomb) to Garrett … Continue reading
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Think Like a Man
“There is no truer statement: men are simple.” So begins the first chapter of Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. Men are driven by “who they are, what they do, and how much they make,” according to … Continue reading →