Jul
27
We are proud to announce the publication the Handbook on Trade and Development, co-edited by Professor Ricardó Lopez. You may pick up your copy from amazon. To quote Andy McKay of the University of Sussex, This innovative volume, with contributions from well-established and newer authors in the field, offers important contemporary insights on various issues in […]
Jul
19
In late June, Puerto Rico’s governor, Alejandro García Padilla, made headlines when he announced that the island’s $72 billion of debt “is not payable.” In this week’s Brandeis NOW, Professor Dan Bergstresser, an expert on US municipal debt, weighs in on how Puerto Rico got into this mess and its prospects going forward.
Jul
19
And the answer is: Yes. In a new article in the University World News, Professor Nader Habibi notes that in Saudi Arabia, the number of universities has increased from 15 in 2005 to 34 in the first quarter of 2015 and students enrolled in institutions of higher education has more than doubled from 604,000 in […]