Thursday, August 6, 2009

How Japan Restored Its Financial System - The focus was on better risk controls, not higher capital reserves

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How Japan Restored Its Financial System . By KATSUNORI NAGAYASU The focus was on better risk controls, not higher capital reserves. WSJ, Aug...

A new database tracks emerging threats to trade

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Protectionism Exposed . By CHAD P. BOWN A new database tracks emerging threats to trade. WSJ, Aug 06, 2009 In May, the United States slapped...

Autocracy and the Decline of the Arabs

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Autocracy and the Decline of the Arabs . By FOUAD AJAMI The Arab world is plagued by despots. But don’t expect the U.N. to give President Bu...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Vegetables don’t want to be eaten and other lessons from Britain's organic food war

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Vegetables don’t want to be eaten and other lessons from Britain's organic food war . By Trevor Butterworth STATS.org, August 4, 2009 A ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The SEC vs. CEO Pay

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The SEC vs. CEO Pay . By RUSSELL G. RYAN The agency stretches the law to confiscate a bonus. WSJ, Aug 05, 2009 A lawsuit filed on July 22 by...

‘Blue Dogs’ or Corporate Shills?

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‘Blue Dogs’ or Corporate Shills? By Thomas Frank WSJ, Aug 05, 2009 Capitalism is said to be in terrible trouble these days, with the profit...

Germany’s Recession vs. America’s: Doing Worse, but Feeling Better

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Germany’s Recession vs. America’s: Doing Worse, but Feeling Better . By Douglas J. Elliott , Fellow, Economic Studies , Initiative on Busine...

Reducing Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector

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Reducing Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector . By Alice M. Rivlin , Senior Fellow, Economic Studies . Testimony: House Committee on Financ...

Why Revive the Cold War? - Russia and the U.S. were reducing their nuclear arsenals without ‘arms control’

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Why Revive the Cold War? By DOUGLAS J. FEITH AND ABRAM N. SHULSKY Russia and the U.S. were reducing their nuclear arsenals without ‘arms co...
Monday, August 3, 2009

Views from India: the “haughty,” “condescending,” “arrogant,” and “patronizing” NYT editorial of last July 18, 2009

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An Editorial and Its (Mal) Contents . By S. Samuel C. Rajiv IDSA, July 25, 2009 An editorial in the New York Times on July 18, 2009 ahead of...

Is the White House's Organic Garden Toxic to Kids?

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Is the White House's Organic Garden Toxic to Kids? By Jeff Stier, Esq. No, according to toxicologists. It ought to be, according to env...

What’s Different About the Obama Foreign Policy? The continuities with Bush are striking

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What’s Different About the Obama Foreign Policy? By ELIOT COHEN The continuities with Bush are striking. But what happens when diplomacy fa...