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Untangling data, untangling complexity
“The internet is the nervous system for an organism that is in the process of being born,” says John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in talking about “vibrant data.” I was introduced to Intel’s Vibrant Data project … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation, Law, Technology
Tagged complexity, crowdmap, data, intel, policy, vibrant data
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Voter Rights, the Latino Vote + the Constitutional Query
Despite my decision to not practice law, I love me a good constitutional law debate (I owe it to my ACLU days). Voter ID laws are undoubtedly going to be a *huge* issue this election, especially given this infographic I … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Policy
Tagged constitutional, latino vote, poll tax, voter id
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Human rights frameworks, the free market, and the spaces in between
A couple of years ago, I began working on a project called the Center for Live Capital with two friends. It began with a thought that economic growth in slums and “informal” settlements could be stimulated by assigning property titles … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Policy, Social Enterprise
Tagged economic development, human rights, land rights, live capital, peru, property rights, titles
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Who’s Getting Paid to Have Sex? The politicization of female sexuality
Heated debate over President Obama’s bill that mandates employer sponsored insurance plans to cover female contraception took a nasty turn this week. Despite talk of religious freedom and the proper role of the state in the private sector, one can’t … Continue reading
MLK and the Social Enterprise Tipping Point
I am reading the Tipping Point right now (finally!) and have been thinking about Gladwell’s variables for epidemics / the wild spreading of ideas, trends, etc. Gladwell breaks down the variables into (1) the law of the few (2) the … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Policy
Tagged malcom gladwell, martin luther king, MLK, socent, social change, social enterprise, tipping point
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Defining the Issue of Dead Capital
“Dead Capital” is capital in the form of unregistered real property, and is considered lost value because the landholder is unable to transfer or leverage his property for capital or capital access. For instance, homes that are unregistered and extra-legal … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Human Rights, Law, Policy
Tagged dead capital, economic development, hernando de soto, human rights, ICESCR, right to land
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Streamlining Process and Procedure for Economic Development
In the area of human rights, the problem of violations usually isn’t about the inadequacy of current laws. Many developing countries with relatively new constitutions have laws that are even more protective of our own in the US, but they … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Policy
Tagged Andhra Pradesh, CK Prahalad, e-government, land registry, property rights
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Plumbers and Bureaucrats Without Borders?
1.1 billion people – roughly one sixth of the world’s population – do not have access to safe water. The issue of clean drinking water is one that literally plagues the developing world. As one friend and consultant in the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Policy
Tagged bureaucrats without borders, market-based solutions, plumbers without borders, transparency, wateraid
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Market Trust: Why Governments Still Matter
I am the first to advocate for private solutions to social needs – whether clean water distribution and delivery, infrastructure development in local communities, or educational programs to teach kids the virtues of hand washing. Private endeavors often have innovative, agile … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Law, Policy
Tagged contracts, government, hernando de soto, public private partnership, service design, virginia postrel
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Public Policy Innovation
I am really excited about a link that my new friend Meena Kadri shared with me. It’s called Making Public Policy, a project of the Center for Urban Pedagogy and the project is a series of foldout posters that use graphic … Continue reading
