Britain's newest prime minister, Gordon Brown, is a dedicated reader of serious books, but intellectuals have not always fared well at 10 Downing Street.
Refugees have been waiting three decades for civil strife in the Western Sahara to end.
THE SOURCE: “What Are Stock Investors’ Actual Historical Returns? Evidence From Dollar-Weighted Returns” by Ilia D. Dichev, in The American Economic Review, March 2007.
THE SOURCE: “The Economic Lives of the Poor” by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, in The Journal of EconomicPerspectives, Winter 2007.
THE SOURCE: “Learning From Ike” by Jonathan Rauch, in National Journal, April 13, 2007.
THE SOURCE: “The Irrelevance of the Middle East” by Philip E. Auerswald, in The American Interest, Summer 2007.
THE SOURCE: “Economic Development and Globalization in South Carolina” by Lacy K. Ford Jr. and R. Phillip Stone, in Southern Cultures, Spring 2007.
THE SOURCE: “Personal Tragedy and Presidential Performance: Calvin Coolidge as Legislative Leader” by Robert E. Gilbert, in Congress and the Presidency, Autumn 2006.
THE SOURCE: “Doctors and Juries” by Philip G. Peters Jr., in Michigan Law Review, May 2007.