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Economic Corruption

Riding White Water Economics Without Paddles and Rudder

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Depression, Jared Bernstein, Birch Bayh, Kenneth Rogoff, George Soros, 1937, Economic Shocks, Robert Johnson, Barack Obama, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Joseph Stiglitz, Financial Crisis, Inet, Economic Corruption, Greece, Politics News
Steve Clemons

What would it take for Pleasantville to become modern-day Greece -- where people are losing all that they have built and the social stress is undermining the solvency of the state?

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Hu's on First? Key US-China Summit Ahead

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Asia Pacific, US Infrastructure Deficit, Human Rights, Robert Gates, Hu Jintao, George W. Bush, Deng Xiaoping, Hillary Clinton, US-China Relations, China, Beijing Olympic Games, Economic Corruption, Barack Obama, US Jobs Deficit, Politics News
Steve Clemons

US-China relations -- no matter the posture that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton or Bob Gates would prefer -- remain complicated and fragile, making the upcoming summit all the more momentous.

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Tools

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Corruption, Greed, Law Enforcement, Worldcom, S&L, Epa, Enron, Obama Administration, Republican Conservatives, Jaywalking, Fda, Bernie Madoff, Tools, Security and Exchange Commission, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Economic Corruption, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

Society does not work when it takes for granted the system's corruptibility. Make laws to protect society and expect them to be enforced.

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