Review: Poor Economics – A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo 4.0 out of 5 stars Serious Economics Poorly Presented, December 14, 2012 I have no doubt that among economists this book merits all the praise it has received; I do NOT recommend it for the general reader, indeed, I do not recommend it at all unless it is assigned reading, …

Reflections: The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Concepts & Doctrine? Implications for Human & Open Source Intelligence 2.0

Citation:  Robert David STEELE Vivas, “The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Concepts & Doctrine? Implications for Human & Open Source Intelligence,” Phi Beta Iota Public Intelligence Blog (12 December 2012). For Part II See:  2012 Robert Steele: The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Contextual Trust for Sources & Methods UPDATE 16 Dec 2012:  …

Anthony Judge: Encyclopedia of World Problems in WSJ – Seeking a Home

I regret that the considerable efforts of Jacqueline Nebel and Nadia McLaren are not mentioned — without them the volumes would not have emerged.  Still, this is a wonderful article, I can only hope that it attracts some funding to continue the effort. WSJ.com – Encyclopedia of World Problems Has a Big One of Its Own …

Graphic: Global Trends 2030 Water Stress

Page 69.  Environmental Water Scarcity Index By Basin: High Stress Belt by 2030 See Also: Graphic: Water Wars (1990′s Depiction) Graphic: Water-Centric Holistic Analysis Graphic: Water and Cites–Urban Shortages Graphic: Water Aquifers (Groundwater) Graphic: Water Distribution, Water Wars Graphic: Water Footprint Across Your Day… Graphic: Water Stress & Biodiversity Threat Graphic: Water Stress After Technology …

2012 Global Trends 2030: Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts

NOTE:  This is the final report with new comments.  Comments were made on the earlier elements of this report on year ago.  Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP Best External Snapshot: 2012-12-10 Nicole Gaouette, Four ‘Megatrends’ Reshaping the World: U.S. Intelligence (BloombergBusinessweek) New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the …

DefDog: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Survey

Quick survey using DuckDuckGo in order as they appear — Trilogy does well — and no one else has the idea of “full-spectrum” HUMINT at the management level, Wikipedia gets it partly right at the source level. 2012-11-20  Wikipedia / Human intelligence (intelligence collection) —  HUMINT, a syllabic abbreviation of the words HUMan INTelligence, refers …