This article argues that what we now call public diplomacy emerged in the mid- to late 1930s in t... more This article argues that what we now call public diplomacy emerged in the mid- to late 1930s in the case of Japan. It questions the notion that public diplomacy is new in contrast to…
Victor Heiser was in charge of Rockefeller programs in Asia and the Pacific (which his contempora... more Victor Heiser was in charge of Rockefeller programs in Asia and the Pacific (which his contemporaries called the "Pacific region") as Director for the East of the International Health Board (IHB) of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1915 to 1934. The IHB provided a substantial portion (30-40 percent) of the funding for international health projects of the League of Nations Health Organization (LNHO, 1921-46), and also conducted its own programs in various parts of the world. In recent years, scholars have begun to see the League as an important harbinger of global norms in the following era of the United Nations, and the role of the LNHO is in particularly well acknowledged. Heiser oversaw a large part of the LNHO's international health work in Asia and the Pacific. Compared to other Rockefeller IHB officers who worked in Asia, such as John B. Grant, Roger Greene, and Selskar Gunn, however, Heiser's work as Director for the East, especially in the relations between t...
Economists tell stories which, at best, bear passing likenesses to reality. Inspiration may come ... more Economists tell stories which, at best, bear passing likenesses to reality. Inspiration may come from a bigger world-view (itself a story); or from contemplation of the known or imagined facts; or from a combination of the two. An economic story, to be taken seriously, must be free of self-contradictions and non sequiturs. Beyond this, its claim to credence turns on its t with the facts. This book contains stories about unemployment told, in 12 chapters, by 11 Australian economists. It argues (in the words of the y-leaf)
This article argues that what we now call public diplomacy emerged in the mid- to late 1930s in t... more This article argues that what we now call public diplomacy emerged in the mid- to late 1930s in the case of Japan. It questions the notion that public diplomacy is new in contrast to…
Victor Heiser was in charge of Rockefeller programs in Asia and the Pacific (which his contempora... more Victor Heiser was in charge of Rockefeller programs in Asia and the Pacific (which his contemporaries called the "Pacific region") as Director for the East of the International Health Board (IHB) of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1915 to 1934. The IHB provided a substantial portion (30-40 percent) of the funding for international health projects of the League of Nations Health Organization (LNHO, 1921-46), and also conducted its own programs in various parts of the world. In recent years, scholars have begun to see the League as an important harbinger of global norms in the following era of the United Nations, and the role of the LNHO is in particularly well acknowledged. Heiser oversaw a large part of the LNHO's international health work in Asia and the Pacific. Compared to other Rockefeller IHB officers who worked in Asia, such as John B. Grant, Roger Greene, and Selskar Gunn, however, Heiser's work as Director for the East, especially in the relations between t...
Economists tell stories which, at best, bear passing likenesses to reality. Inspiration may come ... more Economists tell stories which, at best, bear passing likenesses to reality. Inspiration may come from a bigger world-view (itself a story); or from contemplation of the known or imagined facts; or from a combination of the two. An economic story, to be taken seriously, must be free of self-contradictions and non sequiturs. Beyond this, its claim to credence turns on its t with the facts. This book contains stories about unemployment told, in 12 chapters, by 11 Australian economists. It argues (in the words of the y-leaf)
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