Paper on reform of Canada’s Access to Information Act
The Office of Canada’s Information Commissioner has just posted a paper I wrote for them about reform of Canada’s Access to Information Act. Read the paper.
Nov 13
Bloomberg article on Harding’s fatal quest for normalcy
I’ve just published an article on Bloomberg’s Echoes blog about Warren Harding’s search for ‘normalcy’ after the election of 1920. Read the article.
Bloomberg article on the fiscal cliff — of 1842
I just published a piece on Bloomberg’s Echoes blog about Washington’s handling of an earlier “fiscal cliff” — in 1842. The piece is drawn from America’s First Great Depression. Read the article. The piece has also been picked up by Newsday.
November newsletter for Governance is now available
The November newsletter for Governance is now available. Read it here.
October newsletter for Governance now available
The October newsletter for Governance is now available. Read the newsletter. In the current issue, Lan Xue cautions against simplistic assessments about the future of the global order, and says that established powers may encourage instability if they see the rise of other nations “as a threat to their hegemony.” But sound policy can produce a “new global governance system that is stable and effective.” Professor Xue is Dean of Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management.
Logic of Discipline discussed in La Hora oped
The Logic of Discipline: Global Capitalism and the Architecture of Government is discussed in an oped in Guatemala’s La Hora by Jorge Mario Rodriguez Martinez. Read the oped.
Reuters story discusses AFGD
A Reuters report that draws comparisons between America’s First Great Depression and today’s European crisis: “The parallel with the euro zone crisis barely needs spelling out.” Read the article. Also on CNBC and International Financing Review.
LPP speakers address state’s policy agenda
Today’s Law and Public Policy class featured two speakers on the Mass state government’s policy agenda for the coming year: Rosemary Powers, Senior Director of Government Affairs in the office of Governor Deval Patrick, and Michael Morris, Principal at Beacon Strategies Group. The conversation was hosted by Greg Massing, Executive Director of the Rappaport Center. Photo, left to right: Powers, Morris, Massing.
EH.net reviews AFGD
EH.net, the website of the Economic History Association, has posted a review of America’s First Great Depression by Professor Peter Rousseau. “Roberts does students of the period a service by thinking outside of the normal constraints to conjure a broad and international view of the decade that followed the Jackson presidency.” Read the review.
Literal Magazine publishes article on failure of Occupy movement
Literal Magazine has published a Spanish translation of my article on the failure of the Occupy movement. Read the article. The article appeared on the Prospect website earlier in the summer.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
