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The 2009 Bush e-Budget
February 4, 2008, Comments Off on The 2009 Bush e-Budget

Feb 7th 2008 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition George Bush’s fiscal plan will set off an epic figh ...

Bill Clinton, Canadian mining financier in Kazakhstan
January 31, 2008, Comments Off on Bill Clinton, Canadian mining financier in Kazakhstan

This does not bode well for transparency under a Clinton II White House. We are curious whether there may be a Georgetow ...

Embroiderers & microcredit: Sheila Arnopoulos in India
January 31, 2008, Comments Off on Embroiderers & microcredit: Sheila Arnopoulos in India

January 30, 2008 From Sheila in Ahmedabad India with grassroots women embroiderers I’m deep into research into Ind ...

Flaherty dismisses fears over foreign capital
January 29, 2008, Comments Off on Flaherty dismisses fears over foreign capital

29 January 2008 Finance Minister backs injections of overseas cash; plans national security test for foreign takeovers T ...

State of the Union 2008
January 28, 2008, Comments Off on State of the Union 2008

January 31 (The Economist) The disappearing president and the shape of politics to come George Bush gave his last state- ...

Why a U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis Is Felt Around the World
January 27, 2008, 1 Comment

Analysis of the 2007 Financial Subprime Crisis, by Jacques de Larosière “Markets have been surprised by the erupt ...

Wednesday Night #1351
January 23, 2008, 1 Comment

23 January 2008 We are delighted that at the suggestion of Consul General Mary Marshall, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins w ...

Fears of global recession: stock indexes fall
January 22, 2008, 1 Comment

With thanks to the Huffington Post The financial turmoil is like an elephant in a dark room By Martin Wolf, Financial Ti ...

The Education of Ben Bernanke
January 19, 2008, 3 Comments

January 20, 2008 By ROGER LOWENSTEIN (NYT Magazine) Ben Bernanke’s first exposure to monetary policy was reading the w ...

Wednesday Night #1350 – with Peter G. Brown
January 16, 2008, 2 Comments

16 January 2008 We have a special treat for all those interested in a triple-e topic: ethics, the environment and econom ...

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