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The 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...
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Bold action needed to rebuild America and create jobs, progressives tell Congress
November 20, 2008WASHINGTON — Union leaders and progressive lawmakers at a Nov. 18 conference on Capitol Hill called for emergency action to assist jobless workers and as much as $900 billion for a massive public works jobs program....
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
November 19, 2008ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction...
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People 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...
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Studs Terkel, an Everyman who loved people
November 19, 2008TUCSON -- I’ve been listening to various tributes about Studs Terkel, and, because he’s someone I met a few times and thought very highly of, I wanted to take a minute to make my own. I’m...
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