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George Soros: Why We Need Another Bretton Woods To Reinvent The Global Financial System

Project Syndicate | George Soros | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Bush Administration, Economy, International Monetary Fund, Bretton Woods, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Obama Administration, China, Business News

NEW YORK -- Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, the world is facing another stark choice between two fundame...

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9 Signs Of America In Decline: Bad News For Jobs, Education, Happiness

U.S. News & World Report | Rick Newman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Australia, U.S. Unemployment Rate, International Monetary Fund, United States Decline, Prosperity Index, Legatum Institute, Math and Science Literacy, China, Brazil, Global Competitiveness Report, Human Development Index, India, U.S. Poverty Rate, GfK Roper Survey, American Decline, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Business News

The sky isn't falling, exactly. America isn't on a fast track to irrelevance. Even in a state of total neglect, we could probably shamble along as a d...

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Time to Stop the Regulatory Circus and to Steer the Ship to Safe Ground

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Finance Ministers, Financial-Stability-Board, Nouriel Roubini, Economy, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Fixed Income, Federal Reserve, Aig, Regulation, Gross Domestic Product, Istanbul, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Bank for International Settlements, G-20 Summit, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Derivative Market, Bear Stearns, Home News
Georges Ugeux

The real issue for regulators around the globe is a serious definition of the financial world we want to live in. The current focus nearly exclusively on the banking sector could cause authorities to miss the broader picture.

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Joseph Stiglitz: Investors Are "Irrationally Exuberant" About Recovery

bloomberg.com | Francine Lacqua and Jeremy Torobin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Unemployment, Nouriel Roubini, Joseph Stiglitz, International Monetary Fund, Business News

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said U.S. unemployment will keep rising and should be the focus for policy makers, and gains in the stoc...

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George Soros: Country's Banking System "Basically Bankrupt"

bloomberg.com | Shamim Adam and Francine Lacqua | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Nouriel Roubini, International Monetary Fund, Standard-and-Poors-Ratings, Recession, Michael Geoghegan, Business News

New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini said stock markets may drop and billionaire George Soros warned the "bankrupt" U.S. banking system will ...

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Turkey Debates Merits Of IMF Loan; Afraid Of Foreign Pressure

GlobalPost | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Turkey Unemployment, Turkey, International-Monetary-Fund, Imf, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, IMF Turkey, Turkey IMF Loan, IMF Loan Turkey, World News

By Nichole Sobecki ISTANBUL, Turkey -- At the start of the financial crisis, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seemed confident that the troubles...

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"Happy" Anniversary, Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: IMF Funding, International Monetary Fund, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Norway, Alcoa, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Denmark, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Lehman Brothers, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Financial Crisis, Western Europe, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, World War II, Iceland Bank Crisis, Monty Python, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.

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Krugman: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Economists, Ben Bernanke, John Maynard Keynes, International Monetary Fund, Great Depression, Politics News

It's hard to believe now, but not long ago economists were congratulating themselves over the success of their field. Those successes -- or so they be...

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The IMF Destroys Iceland and Latvia

Nathan Lewis | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Imf, Latvia, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Iceland, Imf Iceland, International Monetary Fund, Imf Latvia, World News
Nathan Lewis

It's not about "conservative" and "liberal." It's about us against the banker imperialists. The IMF should be abolished.

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Eva Joly on Iceland's Devastating Plight

Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, European Commission, World, International Monetary Fund, Eva Joly, Landsbanki, Russia, European Union, Iceland Financial Crisis, Kaupthing Bank, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News, World News
Alda Sigmundsdottir

In her article, Mme Joly denounces what she calls the "blackmailing of Iceland" by a number of states, as well as the IMF and the EU, into taking on billions of Euros in debt.

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Sam Stein

IMF Predicts End Of Global Recession... Which May Bode Well For Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Predictions Economy, Global Recession, Imf Recession, International Monetary Fund Recession, Imf Predictions, International Monetary Fund, Imf Economy, Politics News

The International Monetary Fund has made the cautiously optimistic prediction that the global recession is coming to an end. Given the organization's ...

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Decemland

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: World Trade Organization, Poverty, Africa, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

It is time to look ahead instead of look behind. It is time to leave the fears of the baby boomers behind and embrace the developing world once and for all.

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Jane Hamsher's Call to Action Against the War/IMF Supplemental

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Maxine Waters, Firedoglake, Jan Schakowsky, International Monetary Fund, Rahm Emmanuel, War, IMF Bailout, Keith Ellison, Imf, Afghanistan, Timothy Geithner, Congress, Jim McGovern, Jane Hamsher, War Supplemental, World News
Robert Naiman

The White House and the House leadership want progressive Democrats in the House to abandon their constituents, their commitments, and their principles and vote for the War/IMF supplemental. But when progressive Democrats tried to have input into the process earlier, they were locked out by the leadership, on orders from the White House and Treasury.

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Robert Gates To GOP Leaders: You're Putting Our Security At Risk

The Plum Line | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Gates Imf Funding, Roberts Gates Gop, IMF Funding, Robert Gates Imf Funding, Gates, Robert Gates, Politics News

Wow. Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton are now thrusting themselves into the raging fight over the White House's request for Congressional cash for the...

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Washington Showdown Over IMF Money

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Bailout, Afghanistan, International Monetary Fund, Obama Administration, Imf, US Congress, Defense Spending, Europe, Democrats, Barack Obama, War Supplemental, Republicans, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

Obama and the House Democrats can't seem to muscle the votes they need to pass a $108 billion appropriation for the IMF. The stakes are high for both the administration, and the world.

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Will 34 Democrats Oppose Endless War and Funding the IMF's European Bank Bailout?

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Maxine Waters, Congress, International Monetary Fund, New York Times, Washington Post, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, War Supplemental, World News
Robert Naiman

The Administration is combining two sets of policies -- endless war and IMF austerity -- that most progressive Democrats vigorously oppose; and are trying to ram them through by strong-arm tactics.

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With IMF Money, the War Supplemental Could Fail in the House

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Treasury Department, Congress, John Boehner, Pakistan, International Monetary Fund, Barney Frank, Afl-Cio, Iraq, Afghanistan, War Supplemental, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

Why would Democrats vote to give $100 billion in U.S. tax dollars to the International Monetary Fund with no effective strings attached?

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In Sri Lanka: A U.S. Congressman Gets It

Jim Luce | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Ltte, Heath Shuler, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Washington, Muslim Sri Lankans, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Sri Lanka, U.S. Congressman Heath Shuler, Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary, Tamil, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Dr. Palitha Kohona, International Red Cross, Colombo, Hillary Clinton, Internally Displaced People, Singhalese, Usaid, U.S. State Department, World News
Jim Luce

Congressman Heath Shuler's visit was the first time I have heard an American elected official seem to understand what has transpired here in Sri Lanka.

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Labor, House Dems Stall Panama Trade Deal

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Panama-Trade-Agreement, International Monetary Fund, Employee Free Choice Act, Louise Slaughter, Congress, Obama Administration, Chamber of Commerce, Panama, Latvia, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

if the Wall Street boys thought they were just going to run the table on international economic policy in this administration, they had another thing coming.

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Support the IMF

Douglas Rediker | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: IMF Bailout, Imf, International Monetary Fund, World News
Douglas Rediker

t is crucial that Congress approve the IMF funding authorization. Failure to do so would send a terrible signal across the globe that the US can't be counted on to lead in a time of crisis.

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Will Speaker Pelosi Stand Up to the IMF?

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Nita Lowey, Congress, International Monetary Fund, Nancy Pelosi, Imf, Chris Dodd, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

It would be an exaggeration to say that Congress has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this week to reform the policies of the International Monetary F...

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Stealth Move in Washington Aims to Get $100 Billion for IMF Without Congressional Debate

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: IMF Reform, Treasury Department, Global Economy, Budget, Tim Geithner, International Monetary Fund, Imf, US Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Barack Obama, World News
Mark Weisbrot

We are told that poor countries will suffer if the IMF does not get a $108 billion appropriation from Congress immediately. But this is nonsense.

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Swine Flu's Potential Economic Effects: Mexico's Tourism, Retail Sure To Suffer

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Tourism, Swine Flu Outbreak, Swine Flu Tourism, International Monetary Fund, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Mexico, Swine Flu Economic Effects, Global Financial Crisis, Wachovia, Swine Flu Mexico, Sars, World News

Wachovia has issued a report that gives a cursory overview of how the swine flu crisis will effect Mexico as well as international economies, based pr...

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Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, International Monetary Fund, Afl-Cio, Corporate Power, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, World Trade Organization, Wall Street, Nafta, Colombia, Vietnam War, John Sweeney, Iraq, Saul Alinsky, Iraq Timetable, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is easy to justify on the basis of guaranteeing the basic human rights of working Americans.

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