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Laurence Simon, visiting professor at Program on Global Justice

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The Program on Global Justice is pleased to welcome Professor Laurence Simon to FSI and Stanford University. Simon is professor at Brandeis University's Heller School, director of Heller School's Sustainable Development Programs, and associate dean, Academic Planning. He will be visiting the Global Justice program this winter and spring.

While at Stanford, Professor Simon will be finishing a book on the relevance of the work of Paulo Freire to today's poor (Simon worked with Freire in the early part of his career). Simon will participate in the Global Justice Workshop, present some parts of his work, and provide advice - based on his experience at the Heller School and in international development organizations, and his interest in philosophical issues about development and justice - on how to build the Global Justice program.

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Rule of Law Program

Today, it is widely recognized that the absence of the rule of law constitutes a critical barrier to economic growth and democractic political development. Increasingly, scholars and policy makers alike are turning their attention toward the concept of economic rights - ranging from broad affirmations of the importance of secure property rights to more particular descriptions of modes of corporate governance - to inform their thinking about growth and development.

The Limits to Competition

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How can Europe, the United States, and Japan stop the technological, trade, and financial war on which they have increasingly and wastefully embarked? How can they direct the development and uses of science and technology and the economy in the interests of the well-being of the 8 billion people who will inhabit the planet in 2010-2020? Limits to Competition boldly frames international political economy and globalization debates within the new overarching ideology of competition and offers a balancing voice.

The word compete originally meant "to seek together," but in our time it has taken on more adversarial connotations and has become a rallying cry of both firms and governments, often with devastating consequences. Limits to Competition explores the question of whether free-market competition can indeed deliver the full range of needs for sustainable development. Is competition the best instrument for coping with increasingly severe environmental, demographic, economic, and social problems at a global level?

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Terry L. Karl
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