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Two weeks of international climate negotiations begin today in Durban, South Africa. These are the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of ...
There is much that the Doha Round, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in particular, can do to improve trade conditions around the world.
What can one conclude from all this? That Netanyahu is a major part of the problem. In a strong political position at home, he is almost universally disliked abroad.
Racism in Libya has a long and complex history but has grown fierce since the uprising against Gadhafi began in February.
The outcome? No home run, but some measurable steps forward.
There is still much to be decided before EU leaders can claim to have provided a comprehensive and credible plan to end the sovereign debt crisis.
Plato's aversion to democracy is shared by a lot of powerful people these days. But politicians, especially those whose party derives its name from the democratic principle, would be better off remembering another Greek philosopher: Aristotle.
In the midst of all of the economic and financial uncertainty, it's easy to forget the looming issue of climate change. Yet if we do not act and find a solution, issues such as the size of Greece's debt may unfortunately be somewhat academic.
The Dark Age of Banking reaches its twelfth anniversary today, November 4. History will no doubt judge the Financial Modernization Act, repealing Glass-Steagall, as the beginning of the dark, modern banking era.
Cannes, the glamorous French Riviera resort town with its seasonal influx of movie stars and streets lined with mansions, epitomizes the distance between the rich and poor. It is a strangely apt venue for a conference to pull the global economy up by its bootstraps.
The world's second-richest man and a group of American nurses on the frontlines of the Occupy Wall Street protests came to the G20 summit in Cannes, France this week to advocate for the same thing.
Once again the G-20 must act to prevent a devastating slide into a deep contraction, if not depression, and avoid a damaging retreat into protectionism and competitive devaluation.
Eighty years ago, the Tin Pan Alley classic "Buddy, Have You Got a Dime?" was the crisis music of its time. Today the dollars have gone to the investment bankers who got off scot free, and there are no dimes for the 99 percent.
If President Obama is true to his recent words sympathizing with Occupy Wall Street, he will join President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel in supporting the Financial Transactions Tax at the G20 this week.
As the G20 meeting looms, the anger directed at the banks is understandable. But it's a bit like being angry that a dog should chase a cat: we yell at the dog, but the real problem is that the dog is off the leash.
It's hard to believe that nearly four years into the worst Recession since the Second World War, while mired in a jobless recovery of unprecedented length and magnitude, we continue to hear that manufacturing jobs don't matter.
