Friday, September 20, 2013

Me the President of Bolivia detained illegally in Europe ! - An Open Letter to the International Community

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On July 2 occurred one of the most unusual events in the history of international law: the prohibition on the presidential plane of the mu...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Post-war nostrums

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We will have to seriously revisit John Maynard Keynes’ insights if we want to get out of this recessionary nightmare, writes Robert Skidels...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The present crisis and the way forward

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Prabhat Patnaik The Hindu, Nvember 14 The need of the hour is the injection of demand through direct fiscal action by governments across the...

How Roosevelt checked the Supreme Court during the Great Depression

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T. R. Andhyarujina The Hindu, November 14 His court packing bill encountered opposition. Though he lost the battle, he won the war to change...

When tax-and-spend becomes borrow-and-spend

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Peter Bradshaw I.O.U.S.A — a thoroughly admirable picture by documentary film-maker Patrick Creadon — takes the driest subject in the world ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tech Companies, Long Insulated, Now Feel Slump

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ASHLEE VANCE NYT, November 15, 2008 The technology industry, which resisted the economy’s growing weakness over the last year as customers k...
Monday, November 17, 2008

SOMETHING OF A MIRACLE - Obama has to redefine the US to itself, and to the world

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Westminster gleanings Anabel Loyd The Telegraph, 17 November The tension of Election Day in Washington, when 92 per cent of the district of ...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

BEYOND THE MILESTONE - Unless Obama’s victory heralds changes, it will remain a symbol

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Postscript Githa Hariharan The Telegraph, November 16 There has been a flood of reaction to Barack Obama’s triumph in the presidential elect...

LALGARH NEWS

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Maoists threaten Lalgarh war The Telegraph CORRESPONDENT Midnapore, Nov. 12: Maoists today threatened an armed resistance in West Midnapore’...

World Leaders Vow Joint Push to Aid Economy

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MARK LANDLER NYT, November 16, 2008 WASHINGTON — Facing the gravest economic crisis in decades, the leaders of 20 countries agreed Saturday ...