by Paul Robbins, Clay Nesler, Sumudu Atapattu, Jonathan Patz, Jane Elder, Nathan Schulfer, Jeffrey Thompson | Dec 4, 2015 | Videos
The United Nations 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) meet in December 2015 in Paris, where nations ratified a new universal climate change agreement that will lower carbon emissions. For the first time since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the world came together to...
by Jason Smith | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
From time to time I get the feeling that I’m a little too wrapped up in Wisconsin. I mean, sure, the Wisconsin Academy is all about finding and sharing the best ideas in the state, but this doesn’t mean that Wisconsin is the center of the universe. Right?...
by Diane Lim Rogers | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In her Academy Evenings talk, chief economist at the Concord Coalition (Washington DC) and EconomistMom.com blogger Diane Lim Rogers gives us a fair-minded assessment of the current debate over the federal budget, the widening gap between revenues and spending, and...
by Sara Raab | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In Part IV of the Wisconsin Academy’s special “Understanding Immigration” series of Academy Evening talks, Tamar Jacoby of the Manhattan Institute addresses immigration issues and solutions. What are the most vexing issues in immigration policy...
by Jeremi Suri | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
If the 20th century was the “American Century,” what will the 21st century bring? How can the United States maintain its international leadership and build a better world? In his Academy Evening talk UW–Madison history professor and Wisconsin Academy...
