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Analysis and Commentary

Carlos Slim And The New York Times

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Forbes
Monday, January 26, 2009

Carlos Slim, by some accounts the world's richest man, has pumped 3,497,100,000 Mexican pesos ($250 million) worth of liquidity into the varicose veins of the Grey Lady...

Analysis and Commentary

A Liberal Translation

by Timothy Garton Ashvia New York Times
Saturday, January 24, 2009

GOVERNMENT and markets both have their place in a decent society, President Obama suggested in his Inaugural Address, but can become a force for ill if they are without restraint...

In the News

The Risks of Releasing Detainees

with Kenneth Anderson, Benjamin Wittesvia New York Times
Friday, January 23, 2009

The Times reports today on the case of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who has emerged as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen...

In the News

The Shadow Banking System

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Thursday, January 22, 2009

I recently finished Krugman's The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008...

In the News

Obama Said Ready To Close Guantanamo

with Matthew Waxmanvia NPR
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

President Obama is said to be on the verge of signing an executive order — perhaps as early as Thursday morning — setting a one-year deadline to close the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...

Analysis and Commentary

Closing Guantanamo is way harder than you think

by Matthew Waxmanvia Foreign Policy
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Today, U.S. President Barack Obama suspended military commissions at the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...

In the News

Obama Promises the World a Renewed America

with Timothy Garton Ashvia New York Times
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

President Obama used his Inaugural Address to promise the regeneration of an America many in recent years had feared lost...

In the News

Niall Ferguson: America Needs to Cancel Its Debt

with Niall Fergusonvia Vanity Fair
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

As dedicated V.F. readers already know, Niall Ferguson “gets” the economic collapse...

In the News

Latin America's Political Outlook

with William Ratliffvia Latin Business Chronicle
Monday, January 19, 2009

While Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez still garners most of the media headlines from Latin America these days, there are plenty of other political developments in the region that merit just as much, or more, attention...

In the News

Torturous 'employment' must face strict justice

with Policy Reviewvia Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Nour Miyati, an Indonesian, grabbed at a job as a housemaid in distant Saudi Arabia...

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