By Fabiola Ortiz IPS interviews Brazilian writer and theologian FREI BETTO RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 2013 (IPS) – The Catholic Church has become sclerotic and is afraid of facing the issues of post-modernity, Brazilian theologian Frei Betto says, although he… Continue Reading
naked capitalism* A 2008 paper by Arindrajit Dube, Ethan Kaplan, and Suresh Naidu (hat tip MS) found evidence that the CIA and/or members of the Executive branch either disclosed or acted on information about top-secret authorizations of coups. Stocks in… Continue Reading
Loretta Fontanesi – Arcoiris.tv To see the film on the hospital where there is a pediatric pavillon in Colette Laserre memory, go to the flags of the different languages 1)Click on the arrow on the side of the MP3 (… Continue Reading
by GARY LEUPP* – CounterPunch ?The Damage to Our Intelligence is Gut-Wrenching to See? I don?t have a weak stomach, but I confess that watching TV news does get me nauseated. So I do so sparingly. I have of course… Continue Reading
By Smita Nakhooda* BONN, Germany, June, 2013 (IPS) ? Developed countries report that they delivered more than 33 billion dollars in Fast Start Finance (known as FSF), beyond the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. Recent… Continue Reading
by Laila Elimam – Food Tank Basil Kransdorff is an Ashoka fellow and creator of e?Pap, a revolutionary pre-prepared foodstuff packed with nutrients. Kransdorff and his wife, Rose, developed e?Pap, which rapidly improves nutrition, energy, and productivity for those consuming… Continue Reading
International Economic Law and Policy Blog From the NY Times: In recent months, Mr. Correa?s government has been in Washington, lobbying to retain preferential treatment for some key Ecuadorean products. But that favored status, which means keeping thousands of jobs… Continue Reading
Editorial by Johan Galtung* – TRANSCEND Media Service The atrocious Second World War left behind lasting damage by lowering our standards for what is marginally acceptable. War is bad; but if it is not nuclear, the limit has not yet… Continue Reading
George Monbiot -The Guardian We should not fear some Orwellian future state where we’re subjected to total electronic scrutiny ? it’s our present reality ‘If you are a law-abiding citizen of this country, going about your business and your personal… Continue Reading
Suhasini Haidar* – The Hindustan Times Sometimes, history can come full circle across geography. In the same week that the US announced it was going to talk to the Taliban, United States President Barack Obama signed the order authorising the… Continue Reading
Sean Jacobs* ? The Nation I returned home to South Africa a few days before Nelson Mandela was readmitted to hospital. This is the fifth and longest period he has been under observation by doctors since last December, and many… Continue Reading
Jonathan Schell* ? The Nation A school of fish swims peacefully in the ocean. Out of sight, a net is spread beneath it. At the edges of the net is a circle of fishing boats. Suddenly, the fishermen yank up… Continue Reading
By PAUL KRUGMAN * ? The New York Times One lesson from recent economic troubles has been the usefulness of history. Just as the crisis was unfolding, the Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff ? who unfortunately became famous… Continue Reading
Joris Luyendijk – The Guardian Jailing reckless bankers is a dangerously incomplete solution. The market is bust. Institutions that are too big to fail are too big to exist Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like… Continue Reading
By Yilmaz Akyuz* GENEVA, June 2013 (IPS)– More than five years since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the world economy has shown few signs of stabilising and moving towards strong and sustained growth.
Paul Krugman* My dialogue with Monti, to the extent that it was a ?debate?, focused on the whole issue of structural reform; not on whether it?s a good thing (of course it depends on what?s being reformed, but surely every… Continue Reading
BBC The commission was highly critical of aspects of the banking industry Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was set… Continue Reading
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Bob Dreyfuss ? The Nation Here?s a question for the White House: Do you think it?s a good idea to greet the new president of Iran, who might be willing to seek a long-lasting accord with the United States, with… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen ROME, Jun 17 2013 (IPS) – Since its founding in 2007 to help developing nations fight poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease and gender discrimination, the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) has financed about 130 joint programmes in… Continue Reading
