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Europe’s Philosophy of FailureJanuary 04, 2008What a country teaches its young people reflects its bedrock national beliefs. Schools hand down a society's historical narrative to the next generation. There has been a great deal of debate over the ways in which this historical ideology is passed on - Japanese textbooks that downplay the Nanjing Massacre, Palestinian textbooks that feature maps without Israel, and new Russian guidelines that require teachers to portray Stalinism more favorably. Yet there has been almost no analysis of how countries teach economics, a subject equally crucial in shaping foreign and domestic policies.
Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Arab WorldAugust 14, 2007If the Middle East is to have any shot of making up for decades of past stagnation, it's going to need many more kids like Hodeib, eager to build new companies and create new jobs. That's the rationale behind a small but growing movement of educators and CEOs, Western aid agencies and multinationals, royals and even Islamists, who are now trying to inject the entrepreneurial virus into the region's youth.
The Club of CompetitorsMay 07, 2007If the reports are on target, Europe will grow faster than America in 2007-for the first time in six years. European Union countries created 2 million new jobs last year, cutting unemployment to its lowest since 1991. Better, growth is no longer confined to outliers like Britain, Spain or the Baltic mini-states. Europe's resurgence is driven by the behemoth at the continent's heart, Germany.
It’s All About AttitudeApril 30, 2007With the demand for microfinancing on the rise, and tech start-ups heading back to Wall Street, entrepreneurship is key when it comes to economic growth these days. Transatlantic fellow Stefan Theil interviews Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Prize winner, about the relationship between entrepreneurship and economy.
