David Nelken (King's College): Contesting Global Indicators. Philippe De Lombaerde (UNU): New Directions in Globalization Indices. Bryane Michael (Hong Kong): The Upcoming Four Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Gold Rush. Dandeson Panda (Maryland) and Rosamond E. Panda (Delaware): Ethics and Global Marketing in the 21st Century. Sol Picciotto (Lancaster): Is the International Tax System Fit for Purpose, Especially for Developing Countries? Benjamin Levin (Harvard): Inmates for Rent, Sovereignty for Sale: The Global Prison Market. Laurie R. Blank (Emory): The Use of Force Against Pirates. Abdulmalik M. Altamimi (Leeds): Can the WTO Rules Be Efficiently Breached for Welfarist Objectives? Jason D'Cruz (SUNY-Albany): Displacement and Gratitude: Accounting for the Political Obligation of Refugees. From Contexts, selling people: A forum on human trafficking. Salil Shetty on thirty years of broken promises: Three decades ago the world's governments vowed to stamp out torture — but it's still alive and well. Every culture looks for creative inspiration to other cultures, but is there a point when this is just outright theft? Quality time: Why shrinking populations may be no bad thing. Sailors were the original global labor force: Rebecca Onion interviews Marcus Rediker, author of Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail. The secret lives of lost shipping containers–and the lives they support: Every year, thousands of shipping containers are lost to the briny deep — Maggie Koerth-Baker on the strange new homes they create for marine creatures. Guess which country does the most good for the planet? The Good Country Index measures how much each of 125 countries contributes to the planet (and more). 2013 was the worst year in modern history for humanitarian crises — 2014 is now even worse.
