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Henry Petroski

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Henry Petroski, Professor of Civil Engineering and of History at Duke University, is the author of Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design and of other books on engineering, invention, and design.

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Historical Memory and Engineering Failures

May 11, 2004 Henry Petroski

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The New Disappeared

Oct 12, 2018 Nina L. Khrushcheva shows how dictatorships in places like China and Saudi Arabia are reviving a well-worn tool of repression.

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Can Eurozone Reform Help Contain Trump?

Oct 12, 2018 Jochen Andritzky & Jochen Andritzky says that only boosting the euro's role in international trade can protect Europe from US economic attacks.

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Trump’s North American Trade Charade

Oct 12, 2018 Anne O. Krueger expects the revised NAFTA deal to reduce US employment and undercut North America's global competitiveness.

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Into the Brexit Labyrinth

Oct 12, 2018 Jacek Rostowski shows that there is no viable path to a politically and economically acceptable withdrawal from the EU.

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Winning the War on Tuberculosis

Oct 12, 2018 Ibrahim Assane Mayaki says global efforts to end TB will fall short unless the disease’s hotspots in Africa are contained.

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People vs. Money in America’s Midterm Elections

Oct 11, 2018 Joseph E. Stiglitz thinks Bernie Sanders-style progressives have the message Democrats need to beat Trump and the Republicans.

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Funding Africa’s Education Revolution

Oct 11, 2018 Strive Masiyiwa unveils a new facility that will unlock $10 billion to help poor countries strengthen their school systems.

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Mitigating India’s Climate-Change Misery

Oct 11, 2018 Gulrez Shah Azhar cites research showing that as heat risks rise in South Asia, the poorest are suffering disproportionately.

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