This paper gives an indepth look at the current state of India's water supplies. India has enough water to sustain its rapidly expanding population, but civic mismanagement, pollution, and outright corruption have placed this nation on the road to a serious water crisis.
This paper takes a detailed look at the water situation in China, which has been greatly exasperated by the nation's rapid urbanization and industrialization. The paper clearly outlines supply and demand dynamics while also going into a discussion of the effects of pollution, poor planning, and climate change.
This paper outlines the numerous fragilities in the global economic system; the main points are the US national debt, the housing market, and financial derivatives.
This paper gives an indepth look, based solely on numbers, at the sources of energy that power modern civilization. Locations of reserves, production estimates, and consumption rates of oil, coal, and natural gas are all discussed here, as are alternatives sources such as wind and solar.
This paper talks about water issues from a macro perspective, detailing current supply and usage, projected increases in demand, effects of pollution, impact on food supplies, and the potential for international conflicts.
Social Insurance systems engender very emotional debates; consequently there are few, if any, objective articles on the subject. This paper gives a look at the US Social Security and Medicare system that is based on numbers, not politics.
This paper synthesizes the numerous voices in the field of climate change, and gives a detailed but clear look at the state of global ecosystem, the drivers of climate change, and the possible consquences of global warming.
