Author: ask

Bankers’ Irony – The Shaming of Rich Nations

I apologize for the brevity of this diary entry; monetary policy is not my field.  However, since I have not seen the topic blogged anywhere – I would like to bring your attention to the ongoing Annual Meetings of the...

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“I Hate All Iranians”

This is just incredible (warning; do NOT click link before breakfast – while the comments are nauseating enough, the article also has a picture of Ms. Cagan that will be a shocker this early): Britsh MPs visiting the...

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Beyond the Kyoto Protocol

An editorial in the NYT Sunday morning alerted me to the fact that Al Gore was expected to speak at the hastily convened UN summit on climate change today, and I posted the following in the Monday Newsbucket early this morning:...

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International Collaboration CAN work

Regular readers of Booman Tribune are probably rather cynical when the issue of international cooperation comes up; we’ve grown accustomed to the disregard for international partnership demonstrated by the Bush regime...

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How Many "Wake-up Calls"?

Climate change is a topic well covered at BooMan Tribune.  Steven D has treated us to many great posts on the topic, the latest – I think – was this story a few days ago; Here Yesterday, Gone Today.  He...

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