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After Fanfare, Hurricane Grants Leave Little Mark
NEW ORLEANS — It was the largest housing aid program in American history, billed as the essential government tool that would make New Orleans whole after Hurricane Katrina.
Yet even though about $3.3 […]

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Feeling No Pain
PAUL KRUGMAN
(NYT) My first reaction to Bill Clinton’s convention speech was sheer professional jealousy: nobody, but nobody, has his ability to translate economic wonkery into plain, forceful English. In effect, Mr. Clinton provided an executive summary of the […]

August 25-28, Denver, Colorado
The convention will bring as many as 50,000 guests to the region including delegates, politicians and an influx of media and political enthusiasts from around the nation. A partial breakdown includes 15,000 members of the media; 6,000 delegates; and 14,000 party members, elected officials and others.
  Denver is committed to making […]

Following last Wednesday Night’s Canada-focused (healthcare, the NDP and environment) evening, we are looking forward to reviewing matters beyond our borders in the company of Carole and Rodrigue Tremblay. Dr. Tremblay, an economist, is a former Quebec Minister of Industry and Commerce, and  has published 27 books, most of them dealing with finance and economics while […]

See also the (vice presidential) debates
Biden Interview with Charlie Rose  9 August 2007
The Joe Biden Show
I saw a strong, authoritative, confident and sensitive candidate emerge. On the whole, he came across as intelligent and relatable; a real person. That’s a quality that often eludes Barack Obama.
Biden’s job in many ways was to reintroduce himself […]

Foreign Affairs, July/August 2008
China and the Collapse of Doha
In the past, China played a secondary role in international trade negotiations. Now, it is actively challenging the fundamental rules of the global trading system. In an update to his July/August 2008 article, “A Partnership of Equals,” C. Fred Bergsten argues that China […]

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Myanmar News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
An aerial view of a town in the southern Irrawaddy Delta region of Myanmar that was devastated by the cyclone More Photos
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Excellent selection of readings suggested by one of our favorite sources
Petrodollar bonanza offers economic key
(FT) At today’s prices, the value of oil in the ground exceeds the combined value of all the world’s equity and debt markets.
Oil-importing nations are paying oil-exporting nations roughly $1,500bn per annum for oil – about 2.5 […]

Swiss files on rogue nuclear ambitions, CIA dealings destroyed
Switzerland destroyed computer records documenting the business dealings of a family of Swiss engineers with suspected ties to Libya and Iran. Both Swiss prosecutors and international atomic inspectors hoping to discover the full activities of Pakistani nuclear scientist and black-market engineer Abdul […]

And this is why: Jon Stewart lectures reporters on coverage

Michael Nagle for The New York Times
Jon Stewart, on the set of “The Daily Show,” tied Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, Dan Rather and Anderson Cooper among admired journalists. And that was last year.

 When Americans were asked in a 2007 poll by the Pew Research Center for […]