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Next: hemp trousers
Last month I made a fitted shirt myself, on a treadle-powered sewing machine bought on eBay for just £8, and using a £5 offcut of material, with only a little help from my wife's wonderful great-aunt Peggy.
Jean-Paul Flintoff,
The Times Green Central, 20 October 2008
The economics of hypocrisy
After implementing the largest government bail-out in history, the US continues to tell other nations, "do as I say, not as I do"
Ha-Joon Chang,
Guardian, 20 October 2008
China 'can be engine of growth'
The economic crisis of 2008 is rooted in the so-called "global imbalances", whereby the West borrowed too much, funded by Asian savings.
Linda Yueh,
BBC News, 20 October 2008
Silver lining up for grabs
Despite unprecedented and co-ordinated actions by governments and central banks around the world to boost liquidity and support the financial sector, investors remain sceptical.
Mark Mobius,
Financial Times, 20 October 2008
Call to end doctor abortion power
Women should not need the permission of two doctors to have an abortion, top medical law and ethics specialists say.
BBC News, 17 October 2008
A very European fudge
Some say that crisis management is what the EU does best. Rubbish – its exercise of 'soft power' is worse than useless
Chris Bickerton,
Guardian Comment is Free, 17 October 2008
Silent mode
An emerging Chinese telecoms giant is growing steadily—and stealthily
Economist, 16 October 2008
Take a risk with technology
The emerging economics need to be more innovative in their approach to research and development
Norman Lewis,
The Times, 16 October 2008
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