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Jonathan Freedland: In this topsy-turvy political terrain, Dr Brown needs a long-term patient

All is confusion. The political landscape of a world roiled by recession is all but unrecognisable. Voters stagger around like the cast of the now-revived TV drama Survivors, bewildered figures trying to make sense of a...

ALEX BRUMMER: The eagle flaps its wings

Barclays's determined effort to keep the government at bay is, in principle, admirable. What is objectionable about the Barclays deal, unveiled on October 31, was the utter disregard the board showed towards the rights of other...

Report: Democrats should rebuild trust

A report by the Third Way says President-elect Obama and Democratic leaders should prioritize rebuilding Americans' trust in government. Before tackling any of their party’s broad, long-term legislative priorities,...

The Government Did It

The financial peril of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--the government-sponsored, government-regulated mortgage giants regarded as instrumental in solving the nation's mortgage market problems--has one benefit. It should help expose...

Clinton business conflicts? What about Bush's conflicts?

Clinton business issues - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com Everywhere you look, there’s stuff about Bill Clinton’s donors and all that, often with the implication that there must inherently be something dirty going on, because,...

Japan faces year of recession, US automakers plead for bailout

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan now faces a full year of recession, officials warned on Tuesday, in a protracted global economic slump that threatens big job losses and could doom the once mighty US auto industry.

Group Grope

World Beat FPIF's weekly ezine Group Grope The world isn't flat. As Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) contributor Salil Shetty writes, "Independent assessments estimate that developing countries' losses between now and 2010 will...

piled higher & deeper: 11/17/08 PHD comic: 'To Profess'

for talks in ETH, Oxford, Southampton and Imperial College London this week! Come on by or tell your friends that go to these schools: Do you Tweet? - If you are on Twitter, you can now get automated notices when a new PHD...

What Will the Baby Boomer Bust Mean for Equities? (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Sean Maher November 18, 2008 | about stocks: Sean Maher About this author: In coming decades, many forces will shape our economy and our society, but in all likelihood no single factor will have as pervasive an effect as...

Today in The Nation: Detroit Shock Doctrine

posted by Jane Hamsher on 11/17/2008 @ 4:29pm It's hard to imagine that at a time when an unprecedented amount of wealth is held by the top 1% of the US population -- With spittle-flecked rage, Charles Krauthammer writes,...

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