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OPINION: Back when a socialist was a socialist
November 20, 2008During the vice-presidential debate of 1988, Republican nominee Dan Quayle attempted to draw a parallel between himself and John F. Kennedy. Quayle's Democratic opponent, Lloyd Bentsen, who had served with Kennedy in the Senate, looked Quayle...
Read moreThe impact of the financial crisis on Third World economies and proposed solutions
November 20, 2008Emerging nations need their own stabilization funds, independent of the International Monetary Fund, and its parent, the U.S. Treasury, which provides most of its financing. That was the conclusion of two experts at a seminar sponsored...
Read moreThe view from here: India and Obama’s election
November 19, 2008From Frontline, India's national magazine from the publishers of The Hindu. Obama’s historic victory breaks the conservative spell at this watershed moment in global affairs, but it would be wrong to pin too many hopes on...
Read morePeople Before Profits: Only nationalization can save U.S. auto industry
November 19, 2008A raging debate is underway across the country, in Congress, and between the incoming Obama and outgoing Bush administrations on the fate of the U.S. auto industry. CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler have faced tough...
Read moreOPINION: A rescue package for working women
November 18, 2008Wall Street tycoons behave irresponsibly, bring the country to financial brink, hold out their hands for an 11-figure bailout — and lobbyists applaud that as a rescue. Women achieve daily miracles fulfilling responsibilities to their employers...
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