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Deadly COVID19

26 April 20205 May 2020
Raul Zambrano
Human Development, MyTake
Over a week ago, a mainstream media news outlet published an article (behind a paywall) suggesting that the disease caused by the SARS–CoV-2 virus, COVID19, was not as deadly as initially thought. The article cited the results of a non-peer Read more

Barefoot, like Abebe Bikila

25 October 201930 December 2019
Raul Zambrano
MyTake
The age of reason. No, not the Enlightenment but rather the age when children supposedly start thinking “rationally.”  For some irrational reason, I remember my parents and their adult friends having conversations on the topic in front of us, children, Read more

Best Films – 2010

23 December 201018 January 2015
Raul Zambrano
Film, MyTake
This year I saw just over 125 films. Below is the list of the films I liked the most, presented in chronological order, according to the date I saw them. Unlike other similar lists, no ranking is intended. I did Read more

Failing Markets and Economic Theory

21 January 201018 January 2015
Raul Zambrano
Economics, MyTake
“How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities by John Cassidy is an excellent book that tackles the origins, impact and consequences of the recent economic crisis. It also provides a “What is to be done” (a la Lenin) in Read more

Heading to Baghdad III: A time-space warp

19 December 200914 July 2016
Raul Zambrano
e-governance, MyTake, On-mission
No one in the team traveling to Iraq was very excited about missing the helicopter. Most of them had slept close to nothing in the last 24 hours and were really yearning for a comfortable place to rest. I was Read more

Heading to Baghdad II: So close but yet so far

18 December 200914 July 2016
Raul Zambrano
e-governance, MyTake, On-mission
It still seemed like the middle of the night when we exited the plane and started walking on the tarmac. A UN security guide was leading us into the US army based located at the airport. The base is called Read more

Heading to Baghdad I: A step at a time

17 December 200914 July 2016
Raul Zambrano
e-governance, MyTake
This is the third time in the last 4 months that I do the NY-Amman leg. I have been to Jordan several times since 2003. But this was the first time I was coming to Jordan to take off the Read more

Best Films – 2009

15 December 2009
Raul Zambrano
Film, MyTake
I saw over 130 films this year. Below are the ones I liked the most. They are listed in chronological order, according to the dates in which I saw them. Silent Light/Stellet licht – Carlos Reygadas The Beaches of Agnes/Les Read more

Antalya: Going to the Airport

12 December 200914 July 2016
Raul Zambrano
e-governance, MyTake
The eGovShare 2009 meeting (http://edem.egovshare2009.org/ organized by the Government of Turkey and UNDP (among others) was held in the Kervansaray Hotel which is located in Lara, to the east of Antalya. The hotel has a U-shape. There is a 300 Read more

Economic Crisis Book

3 May 200914 July 2016
Raul Zambrano
Economics, MyTake
I just finished reading “The Origin of the Financial Crises” by George Cooper which was published last year. The book is subtitled Central Banks, Credit bubbles and the Efficient Market Fallacy which reveals right away the approach the author is Read more

Comments on the Economic Crisis

22 February 200914 July 2016
Raul Zambrano
Economics, MyTake
Although the root causes of the current financial and economic crisis are still being debated (and will continue until the next large crisis hits), one issue that stems out of of the current discussions is the softening in the last Read more

No Way Back for My Bad Back

27 April 2007
Raul Zambrano
MyTake
Although I am feeling better – my left leg pain is now minimal but I still cannot sit for more than 5-10 minutes in a row, it seems that one of my trilogy of hernias in my back has decided Read more

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