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What Really Spurred the Great Recession?

Based on the research of Ravi Jagannathan, Mudit Kapoor and Ernst Schaumburg Globalization and the U.S. dollar are as much…

11 years ago

World Bank Initiative for a Low Carbon Future

The World Bank has announced a new Low-Carbon Liveable Cities (LC2) Initiative to support developing country cities around the world…

11 years ago

IPPC Report on Global Warming: Formidable Effort in Juggling with Fuzzy Numbers

In about 25 years the world will have used up its remaining “carbon credit” for the current century. Additional emissions…

11 years ago

UN Condemns Terrorist Outrage in Nairobi

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday 22nd September condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at a shopping mall in…

11 years ago

An Actor Out of His Depth: Clooney Keeps an Eye on Sudan

US heartthrob George Clooney – according People Magazine the Sexiest Man Alive – has found a new calling: Spying. The…

11 years ago

The War on Tax Evasion: How a Good Pursuit Gets Ugly

At first glance, the showdown between the US government and the Swiss banks seems to have produced a satisfactory outcome:…

11 years ago

Barking Up the Wrong Tree in St. Petersburg: G20 Hijacked by Syria Conflict

The world leaders gathered today in St. Petersburg for the G20 summit were supposed to discuss the slowdown of global…

11 years ago

Christopher Colford, World Bank: Competitive Cities Can Meet the Challenge of Job Creation

Focusing policies on competitive industries can provide jobs for the impoverished, hungry, restive urban millions As magnets for talent and…

11 years ago

Looking for a Fig Leaf: US & UK Mull Punitive Action against Syria

Here we go again. The US and Britain are whipping themselves once more into a frenzy over the actions of…

11 years ago

Empty Threats: Little to Fear from the Chattering Classes

Western intelligence services are sounding the alarm over a possible terrorist attack soon to strike Yemen or another country in…

11 years ago