Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

Misha Glenny
Journalist Misha Glenny leaves no stone unturned (and no failed state unexamined) in his excavation of criminal globalization

Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

Yasheng Huang asks us to rethink our ideas about China and other large emerging economies. Lately he’s been asking, Does democracy hinder or promote economic growth?



Why you should listen to him:
MIT and Fudan University professor Yasheng Huang is an authority on how to get ahead in emerging economies. The China and India Labs he founded at MIT's Sloan School of Management specialize in helping local startups improve their strategies. His book Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics (2008) chronicles three decades of economic reform in China and documents the critical role that private entrepreneurship played in the Communist nation’s “economic miracle.”

Huang believes that China is moving away from Marxism (public ownership) but not Leninism (ideology of state control) -- and that strong social fundamentals are the key reason for its growth. He is a vocal critic of US foreign policy in China, calling on American leaders to rethink their messages, which often do not resonate with the Chinese public, and to use technology to broaden their reach, overcome stereotypes and quash conspiracy theories.
He says: "For too long the US has not paid attention to an important force in the Chinese economy: the rise of indigenous entrepreneurs. This is in sharp contrast to the US approach in India."

"It’s rare to hear such frank talk from someone born in Beijing, a person who goes on to say that the near-empty skyscrapers in the world’s third-largest economy are “time-bombs” India shouldn’t copy."

Hindustan Times

SightSpace 3D: A SketchUp iPad Viewer with AR

Have you ever wanted to take your SketchUp models on the go? Our friends at the Boulder-based start-up, Limitless Computing, have a solution for you: their recently released SightSpace 3D app allows you to view SketchUp models on the iPad, iPhone, or iPod

The Oral History Program at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

Science is as much about scientists as it is about the experiments they perform. But the experience of science and stories of the lives of scientists are often missing from the annals of history. CHF's Oral History Program helps ensure that the history of modern science is preserved in the words, beliefs, thoughts, and actions of its current practitioners—and not just in scientific publications.

The purpose of our oral history program is to develop and maintain—in accordance with the Oral History Association's guidelines—collections of oral history interviews with women and men who hhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifave contributed to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the 20th and 21st centuries. Our program facilitates and participates in all facets of the conduct and recording of our oral histories, from choosing interviewees, creating question lists, and ensuring the proper use of recording equipment, to processing oral history transcripts and establishing relevant, standardized research materials for scholarly use.

To learn more and browse CHF's oral history collection visit http://www.chemheritage.org/oralhistory

It's Elemental! Hydrogen

Discovering Hydrogen is a DNK Global Studios production that takes you on a journey to discover the element that is hydrogen.