Via Agonist. The US is ignoring development issues and spending too much on its own armed forces says world leading economist.
Jeffrey Sachs, special adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and one of the world’s best-known economists, argues in a new book that the world could be just 20 years away from dragging 1.1 billion people [...]
Continue Reading April 12th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
The New Yorker has a take on the US Dollar and why it is still afloat, although devalued, despite any real changes in policy.
The dollar�s decline, grim as it seems, has so far had little impact on the everyday lives of most Americans. To be sure, there are new burdens: the price of truffles is [...]
Continue Reading April 12th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
In response to CHINA THREAT RISING? Defense Tech has been following the latest China scare with CHINA THREAT? NOT! which in turn falls back on the evidence gathered by Jeffrey Lewis.
The picture that is painted by mainstream media is written off as paranoid fantasies.
The New York Times’ description of the intelligence report isn’t very, [...]
Continue Reading April 12th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Code Pink strikes again. John Bolton strangely unamused. Doesn’t even wiggle his moustache.
Three women peace activists interrupted today�s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on John Bolton�s nomination as US Ambassador to the UN. They held up banners reading �NO Bolton, YES UN,� �Bolton = Nuclear Proliferation,� and �Diplomat, Not Bully, Please!� and urged Senators to [...]
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