THE POLITICAL
ECONOMY MINOR
at
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE
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For more information about the Political Economy Program
contact the director, Martin Hart-Landsberg,
or any of the sponsoring faculty.
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The Political Economy program is proud to announce that Sarah Grossberg is the winner of the 2008-09 Political Economy Best Paper Award, for her paper “When Will the Water Stop? A Study of Water Privatization in Developing Nations,” which she wrote for her Fall 2008 Economic Development class. The prize is a $100 gift certificate for use at a local independent book store. |
Portland Social History Tour
Portland
Labor History Tour
A Great Environmental Story: The Story of Stuff
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The Global Reach of Foreign Military Bases Using Google Earth technology, researches from the Transnational Institute have mapped the locations of more than 800 foreign military bases. Visit the Transnational Institute military and security page and view their work: you can see the world-wide distribution of foreign military bases from outer space and then zoom in for a closer look at key bases--for example, the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and the many U.S. bases on Okinawa in Japan. [You must have Google Earth on your computer.] |
A study by psychologists at the University of Sussex has found that as well as potentially changing the world, participation in protests and demonstrations is actually good for you. Read more.