Category: General
Canada just did something (else) awesome that the US should copy
(CNN)Nearly everyone who studies climate change policy agrees on one thing: To fix this monster of a problem, governments need to put a price on dangerous carbon pollution. Carbon pricing can take a few forms, and it’s not a cure-all, to be sure. But it is generally considered by climate wonks to be the cheap-but-effective […]
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Congratulations to all the 2016 Nobel Prize laurates!!!
Ahmed Chalabi Fast Facts
(CNN)Here’s a look at the life of Ahmed Chalabi, co-founder and former leader of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). Personal: Birth date: October 30, 1944 Death date: November 3, 2015 Birth place: Baghdad, Iraq Birth name: Ahmed Abdul Hadi Chalabi Father: Abdul Hadi Chalabi, former president of the Iraqi Senate Mother: Bibi Chalabi Marriage: Leila […]
It Can’t Happen Here: a demagogue rises, but the parallels aren’t yuge
A Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of a dictator has been adapted for the stage, seeking to cast new light on the age of Trump but it’s more agitprop than satire. In those entertaining early days of the Republican primaries, the illogical popularity of Donald Trump seemed like a lark. Snarky nicknames were coined, […]
Brexit, low growth and the spectre of protectionism stalk an IMF in sombre mood
For bank governors and ministers heading to this weeks annual meeting in Washington, the UKs immediate prospects will be a rare bright spot. We pick the five areas causing most concern. For chancellors of the exchequer, annual International Monetary Fund meetings have not always been the happiest of occasions. Heading there in early October 2008, […]