Opinion
Stiglitz: Nationalized banks are only answer
February 14, 2009Reposted from Deutsche Welle Nationalized banks are the 'only answer,' economist Stiglitz says. In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about nationalizing banks, the outlook for developing countries, and the need for...
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February 14, 2009Viewing suggestions from our readers and staff.
Read morePeople before Profits: Peasants, rural workers wait in the wings
February 12, 2009Discontent of the rural poor in the global south and the hunger of almost a billion humans fill the tinder box of revolution. Great corporations control both land and agricultural production. Dispossession and desperation follow; so...
Read moreClosing Guantanamo only a first step
February 12, 2009Two days after taking office, President Barack Obama announced that the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be closed by the end of this year at the latest. This step, which was acclaimed worldwide, is...
Read moreNews Analysis: U.S. financial stability plan fails to thaw market
February 11, 2009U.S. President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday unveiled its long-expected reshaped financial rescue plan.
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