From an article by Lester R. Brown in the May/June issue of Foreign Policy:
Published May 5, 2011
Category: Politics
Published May 5, 2011
Custom and the Law
My Law School colleagues Curt Bradley and Mitu Gulati have chosen the relationship between custom and the law as the topic of a faculty-wide “conversation” to be held next academic year. From a post by Kim Krawiec on the Faculty Lounge blog:
Published April 25, 2011
The Psychology of Food Riots
I missed this article by Evan Fraser and Andrew Rimas in Foreign Affairs when it came out in January and discovered it last week while doing bibliographical research for a grant proposal.
Aside from the fact that Fraser and Rimas seem to confuse the effects of rising food prices and food price volatility, anyone with an interest in food policy should read it, as it nicely illustrates the fact that food prices alone are unlikely to trigger political unrest: