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Panic passes but the causes remain
Bank panics always have the same origin. “Every genuine business panic springs from the same root, which is rank speculation,” wrote one Victorian commentator.
Edward Chancellor,
Financial Times, 14 October 2008
A 'Green New Deal' can save the world's economy, says UN
Top economists and United Nations leaders are working on a "Green New Deal" to create millions of jobs, revive the world economy, slash poverty and avert environmental disaster, as the financial markets plunge into their deepest crisis since the Great Depression.
Geoffrey Lean,
Independent, 12 October 2008
China: all bets are off
The economic miracle has been halted in its tracks
Michael Sheridan,
The Times, 12 October 2008
A special report on the world economy
The worst financial crisis since the Depression is redrawing the boundaries between government and markets, says Zanny Minton Beddoes. Will they end up in the right place?
Economist, 11 October 2008
A Global Commonwealth of Citizens. Toward Cosmopolitan Democracy
Arising after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the decisive affirmation of Western-style democracy, cosmopolitan democracy envisions a world politics in which democratic participation by citizens is not constrained by national borders, and where democracy spreads through dialogue and incentives, not coercion and war.
Daniele Archibugi, Princeton University Press,
9 October 2008
Challenges for changing America
The distinguished historian Simon Schama argues that Barack Obama's emergence as presidential candidate represents a profound change in the American psyche.
Steve Schifferes,
BBC News, 9 October 2008
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