Commentary
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What Size is the Fire Exit?
BRUSSELS – The eurozone is being thrown into turmoil by a collective rush to the exits by investors. Yields on…
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Lookin’ Inside From Outside – The Weah- Brumskine Deal
When news of the Brumskine-Weah Deal was released to the public weeks ago, partisans of the Congress for Democratic Change…
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American Foreign Policy after Mid-Term Elections
NEW YORK – Few Americans cast their ballot in the recent mid-term elections on the basis of foreign policy. While…
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The Varieties of Unemployment
BERKELEY – We hear from surprisingly many quarters these days that governments in Europe and North America, and their central…
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Rejoinder to PYJ: “We Spoiled It, We’ll Fix It”
(The “Spoiler” is not the “Fixer”, and the “Fixer” is not the “Spoiler”) You will observe that, “Fix” and “Spoil”…
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A Recovery for All
New York – Over the last two years, the majority of countries in the world chose to expand public spending…
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Righting the Wrongs of Leprosy
TOKYO – At its 15th session, which ended at the beginning of October, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted…
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Brazil’s New Woman
SÃO PAULO – Brazil has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. It has set its economy on the right…
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David Cameron’s Culture War
NEW YORK – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government has announced some of the most draconian public-sector cuts any developed…
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China’s War on Inequality
BEIJING – A major new target in the “Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development” that China just unveiled is…
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