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Hurricane Gustav 2008
September 2, 2008, 1 Comment

Remembering the incredible pluck of the Times Picayune during Katrina and the aftermath, we returned to this long-neglec ...

West Wing of Wednesday Night #5
August 13, 2008, 1 Comment

More from our West Wing The “Wednesday Night Salon” series – west coast edition is going for its fifth ...

Commodities and co-dependency
August 1, 2008, Comments Off on Commodities and co-dependency

This thoughtful piece by Kenneth Rogoff was written in 2005. In light of the collapse of the Doha round, it bears readin ...

West Wing of Wednesday Night #4
July 8, 2008, 1 Comment

More from our West Wing The “Wednesday Night Salon” series – west coast edition is going for its fourt ...

Wednesday Night #1374
July 2, 2008, 1 Comment

See photos and more on Wednesday-night.com After last week’s fascinating and informative evening on Iraqi Kurdista ...

Henry Kissinger at Conférence de Montréal
June 12, 2008, Comments Off on Henry Kissinger at Conférence de Montréal

U.S. needs bipartisan foreign policy: Kissinger Former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger says the United States ne ...

Wednesday Night #1369
May 28, 2008, 1 Comment

An unexpected treat … Chil Heward will be bringing his son Geoffrey, Senior Vice-President and Director of G.F.G. ...

Wednesday Night #1367
May 14, 2008, 4 Comments

NAFTA/Mexico The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has proven beneficial to both United States and Canada, but ...

NAFTA – a proposal for renewal
April 28, 2008, 1 Comment

April 28, 2008 Thanks to Ron Robertson for forwarding this thoughtful piece that addresses the problems of NAFTA and off ...

Global Monitoring Report 2008
April 11, 2008, Comments Off on Global Monitoring Report 2008

World Bank IMF IMF’s Global economic prospects for 2009 (.pdf) April 11 Climate Change Rises On World Bank Agenda ...

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